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8. In the resulting dialog box, type 35 in the Feather Radius field. Click OK to
return to the image window.

Feathering means to soften the edge of a selection so the image
blends into the background instead of showing a sharp line
around the edge. The Feather Radius defines the distance from solid to transparent. In
the image window, there’s no apparent difference in the selection because the marching Note:
ants can’t show shades of a selection. You could also create a
feathered selection by
9. Click the Edit in Quick Mask button at the bottom of the Tools panel to typing in the Feather
toggle into Quick Mask mode. field of the Options bar
This mode creates a temporary red overlay (called an Alpha channel) that shows the before drawing the
feathered selection. By default, the overlay is semi-transparent, which allows you to see selection marquee.
the underlying image.
Keep in mind, however,
that if you draw a
The semi-transparent
overlay shows the smooth feathered selection (using
transition that was created the tool option setting),
by feathering the selection. you can’t undo the feather
without also undoing the
Edit in Quick Mask selection area.
button

10. Click the Edit in Standard Mode button at the bottom of the Tools panel to
toggle off the Quick Mask.
When Quick Mask mode is active, the Edit in Quick Mask mode toggles to become the
Edit in Standard Mode button.

11. Choose Select>Inverse.
You want to remove the area around the lightning, so you have to select everything other
than what you originally selected — in other words, the inverse of the previous selection.

Marching ants surround Note:
the image edge and the Press Command/Control-
original selection.
Shift-I to invert the
active selection.
The area between the
two marquees is the
current selection.

12. With the Lightning layer selected in the Layers panel, press Delete/Backspace.
Selection marquees are not particular to a specific layer. You have to make sure the
correct layer is active before you use the selection to perform some action.

Only the active
layer is affected by
the deletion.
Pixels in the selection
area are permanently
removed from the layer.
Note:
13. Choose Select>Deselect to turn off the active selection (marching ants). Press Command/

14. Save the file and continue to the next exercise. Control-D to deselect the
active selection.

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