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4. Choose Select>Deselect to turn off the current selection.
Note:
Although you could keep adding to the selection with the Magic Wand tool, the
marching ants can’t really show the fine detail. Press Command/
Control-D to deselect
5. Choose Select>Color Range. the active selection.

6. Make sure the Localized Color Clusters option is unchecked.

7. In the Selection Preview menu, choose White Matte (if it is not already Note:
selected).
By changing the Selection Preview, you can more easily determine exactly what is Because the dialog box
selected. You can preview color range selections in the image window as: preview is so small, we
• None shows the normal image in the document window. prefer to rely on the
preview in the docu-
• Grayscale shows the entire image in shades of gray. Selected areas are solid
white and unselected areas are solid black. ment window, which is
controlled in the Selec-
• Black Matte shows unselected areas in solid black. Selected areas appear in tion Preview menu at
color.
the bottom of the dialog
• White Matte shows unselected areas in solid white. Selected areas appear in box.
color.
• Quick Mask adds a partially transparent overlay to unselected areas.

8. Set the Fuzziness value to 25 and click anywhere in the blue sky (in the
document window).
Fuzziness is similar to the Tolerance setting for the Magic Wand tool. Higher
Fuzziness values allow you to select more variation from the color you click.
Depending on where you clicked, your selection might not exactly match what
you see in our screen capture. The important thing to notice is that the visible areas
indicate the current selection.

Click in the Eyedropper tool
image to select
a blue value. Add to Sample
Subtract from Sample
Lighter blue indicates
areas that aren’t
entirely selected.
The low Fuzziness
value doesn’t select
The White Matte a large enough
preview shows range of blues.
unselected areas
in white.

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