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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
Object Selection tool
Lasso tool
Hand tool
Zoom tool

Reset the Workspace

7. In the Properties panel, uncheck the Real-Time Refinement option.
This option, which is active by default, allows you to see the results of your brush
strokes while you are still holding down the mouse button. However, it can cause
considerable delay while brushing, so you might want to turn it off to improve overall
performance.

8. 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.

9. 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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