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Chapter 6: Advanced Photo Editing
Microsoft Digital Image Standard User’s Manual
The Edge Finder
The Edge Finder helps you select part of an object by tracing along well-
defined edges. This tool is useful for cutting out or copying people or detailed
items in a picture.
1. Make sure that the Stack appears in the workspace.
2. On the Stack, click the object of which you want to make a partial selec
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tion.
3. Click the Edge Finder button on the toolbar.
4. If the Edge Finder options palette is not showing, click the Selection
button on the toolbar.
5. To keep the edges of the selection smooth, select the Anti-aliased check
box on the Edge Finder options palette.
6. On the Edge Finder options palette, click whether you want to make a
new selection , add to the current selection , or subtract from the
current selection
.
7. On the Edge Finder options palette, enter a value in the Width box. The
Width is the number of pixels away from the pointer that the Edge Finder
will try to detect an edge.
8. On the picture, click points along the edge of the item you want to select.
As you trace, make sure that the edge stays within the zone of the Edge
Finder.
9. To close the selection area, click the starting point.
10. To modify the selection, click Adjust edges, drag any point in the
selection marked by a square, and then click Done
.
11. To feather the selection (to make it blend into the surrounding part of
the picture), click Feather on the Edge Finder options palette, enter
the number of pixels that you want feathered around the edge, and then
click OK
.
12. To select the opposite area, click Invert on the Edge Finder options
palette.