User Guide

Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing
3. Adjust the Fuzziness setting. To select pixels of exactly the same color, set the Fuzziness to
zero. Increase the Fuzziness to widen the range of colors to be selected.
4. Click a color in the preview image in the dialog box. Canvas selects a range of similarly
colored pixels, depending on the Fuzziness setting.
To add colors to the selection, click the ‘+’ dropper icon, then click a color in the image in
the dialog box.
To subtract colors from the selection, click the ‘-’ dropper icon, then click in the image in
the dialog box.
5. To view the selected pixels, click the Selection option. Gray areas indicate pixels that the
Color Range command selects at a reduced opacity. Filters and painting tools affect these
areas to a lesser degree than areas that are 100 percent selected. Click OK to apply the
selection to the image.
Color Range options
Use this dialog box to select image areas based on color.
Select In the menu, choose the color (red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow),
or tonal range (shadows, midtones, highlights) you want to select.
To select a color interactively by clicking in the preview window, choose
Sampled Colors.
Fuzziness When using the Sampled Colors option, enter a low value to select a
narrow color range; enter a higher value to select a wider range.
Selection Choose Selection to preview the selection, with white representing
selected pixels, in the preview window.
Image Choose Image to see the actual image so you can sample colors with the
dropper.
Dropper With Sampled Colors chosen, click the dropper in the preview window to
select colors. Use the ‘+’ dropper to add to the selection; use the ‘-’
dropper to subtract from it.
Selection Preview Choose an option to preview the selection in the image itself (or choose
None for no preview). Grayscale shows the selection as it would appear
in a channel, with white for selected pixels and black showing non-
selected areas.
The Matte and Mask options show the original colors in selected areas. In
non-selected areas, Black Matte shows black, White matte shows white,
and Mask shows transparent red.
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