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More on Selecting a Color Range

Selecting Localized Color Clusters
The Localized Color Clusters option in the Color Range how far away (in physical distance) a color can be located
dialog box can be used to select specifi c areas of a selected from the point you click, and still be included in the selection.
color. When this option is checked, the Range slider defi nes

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

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

Selection Presets
The Select menu at the top of the dialog box includes several As you can see in this example, however, no automatic option
presets for isolating specifi c ranges of primary colors (Reds, is a perfect substitute when subjective decision-making is
Yellows, Greens, Cyans, Blues, or Magentas), or specifi c ranges required. The tones in several of the models’ shirts are very
of color (highlights, midtones, or shadows). close to the color of skin, so some of those areas are included
in the selection. This automatic selection method is still a
If you select the Skin Tones preset, you can then activate the good starting point, though, for making the complex selection
Detect Faces option at the top of the dialog box. By adjusting of only a person’s (or people’s) skin.
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 not skin. You will have to manually
edit the mask to correct these areas.

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