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More on Selecting a Color Range how far away (in physical distance) a color can be located
Selecting Localized Color Clusters
PHOTOSHOP FOUNDATIONS color. When this option is checked, the Range slider defines The same colors in other
The Localized Color Clusters option in the Color Range
dialog box can be used to select specific areas of a selected
from the point you click and still be included in the selection.

jellyfish are not selected
because they are outside
the reduced Range value.

We used a number of
clicks with different
Fuzziness values to sample
the colors in this jellyfish.

Using Localized Color Clusters and
a reduced Range, we were able to
isolate this jellyfish from its school.

Selection Presets
The Select menu at the top of the dialog box includes As you can see in this example, however, no automatic
several presets for isolating specific ranges of primary colors option is a perfect substitute when subjective decision-
(Reds, Yellows, Greens, Cyans, Blues, or Magentas), or making is required. The tones in several of the models’
specific ranges of color (highlights, midtones, or shadows). shirts are very close to the color of skin, so some of those
areas are included in the selection. This automatic selection
If you select the Skin Tones preset, you can then activate method is still a good starting point, though, for making the
the Detect Faces option at the top of the dialog box. By complex selection of only a person’s (or people’s) skin.
adjusting the Fuzziness slider, you can use this dialog box to
make reasonably good selections of people’s skin.

When you choose the Skin
Choose a preset Tones preset, you can also
from this menu. activate the Detect Faces option.

Some colors are close to skin tones, but
are are not skin. You will have to manually
edit the mask to correct these areas.

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