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6. Click the Select and Mask button in the Options bar.
The Select and Mask workspace is a specialized workspace that contains only the tools
you need to refine a complex selection.
Add to Selection Subtract from Selection

Quick Selection tool
Refine Edge Brush tool
Brush tool
Lasso tool
Hand tool
Zoom tool

Reset the Workspace

7. In the Properties panel, open the View menu and make sure Onion Skin
is selected.
The different types of preview change the way your image appears
while you refine the edges within the workspace.
• Onion Skin, the default, shows unselected (masked) areas as
semi-transparent, based on the value in the Transparency slider.
You can make the masked areas more or less transparent by
increasing or decreasing (respectively) the Transparency value.
• Marching Ants shows the basic standard selection.
• Overlay shows the unselected areas with a Quick Mask overlay.
• On Black shows the selection in color against a black
background.
• On White shows the selection in color against a white
background.
• Black & White shows the selected area in white and the unselected area in black.
• On Layers shows only the selected area. Unselected areas are hidden so that
underlying layers are visible in masked areas in the preview.
8. In the Properties panel, set the Transparency slider to 50%.

Using the 50% transparency setting, masked pixels are partially visible, so that you
can see the areas you want to add to the selection.

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