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Use Refine Mask Instead of Refine Edge

 

If your aim in making a selection is to turn it into a layer mask for an adjustment layer, skip the Refine Edge controls in favor of the new Refine Mask controls, found in the Mask panel (Window>Masks) in CS4 — just click on Mask Edge to open the dialog. The controls in Refine Mask are the same as Refine Edge, but they affect a mask and not a selection, allowing you to see in real time how the edges of an adjustment layer’s mask are affected and what works best for that particular layer.

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1 Comment

  1. Rommel Miraflores said on — June 11, 2009 @ 12:01 pm

    Awesome tip! Thanks.

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