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5. Choose Select>Color Range.

6. Make sure the Localized Color Clusters option is unchecked.
7. Choose White Matte in the Selection Preview menu (if it is not already).
By changing the Selection Preview, you can more easily determine exactly what is
selected. You can preview color range selections in the image window as:
• None shows the normal image in the document window.
• Grayscale shows the entire image in shades of gray; selected areas are solid white Note:
and unselected areas are solid black.
Because the dialog box
• Black Matte shows unselected areas in solid black; selected areas appear in color.
preview is so small,
• White Matte shows unselected areas in solid white; selected areas appear in color.
we prefer to rely on
• Quick Mask adds a partially transparent overlay to unselected areas. the preview in the
document window,
8. Set the Fuzziness value to 25 and click anywhere in the blue sky (in the which is controlled in the
document window). Selection Preview menu
Fuzziness is similar to the Tolerance setting for the Magic Wand tool. Higher Fuzziness at the bottom of the
values allow you to select more variation from the color you click. dialog box.

Eyedropper tool
Click in the
image to select Add to Sample
a blue value. Subtract from Sample

Lighter blue indicates parts
of the background that
aren’t entirely selected. The low Fuzziness
value doesn’t select
The White Matte preview a large enough
option shows unselected range of blues.
areas in white.

9. Change the Fuzziness value to 80 and watch the effect on the dialog box preview.
Changing the Fuzziness value expands (higher numbers) or contracts (lower numbers) the
selection. Be careful, though, since higher fuzziness values can eliminate fine lines and detail.

Note:
Depending on where you
clicked, your selection
might not exactly match
what you see in our
screen shot. For now,
the important point is
to know that the visible
areas indicate the current
selection.

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