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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
7 To preview the selection in the image window, choose an option for Selection Preview:
None Displays no preview in the image window.
Grayscale Displays the selection as it would appear in a grayscale channel.
Black Matte Displays the selection in color against a black background.
White Matte Displays the selection in color against a white background.
Quick Mask Displays the selection using the current quick mask settings.
8 To revert to the original selection, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click Reset.
To select a color range using preset colors
1 Choose Select > Color Range.
2 For Select, choose a color or tonal range. The Out-Of-Gamut option works only on RGB and Lab images. (An out-
of-gamut color is an RGB or Lab color that cannot be printed using process color printing.)
3 Click Selection to display the selected areas in the preview area.
4 To preview the selection in the image window, choose an option for Selection Preview:
None Displays no preview in the image window.
Grayscale Displays the selection as it would appear in a grayscale channel.
Black Matte Displays the selection in color against a black background.
White Matte Displays the selection in color against a white background.
Quick Mask Displays the selection using the current quick mask settings.
5 To revert to the original selection, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click Reset.
Note: I
f you see the message “No pixels are more than 50% selected,” the selection border will not be visible. You may
have selected a color, such as red, when the image didn’t contain the fully saturated color.
To save and load color range settings
❖ Use the Save and Load buttons in the Color Range dialog box to save and reuse the current settings.
Creating selections from slices (ImageReady)
If you create a slice in ImageReady, you can convert it to a selection.
1 Select a slice.
2 Choose Select > Create Selection From Slice.
See also
“To select one or more slices” on page 577