On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Elwin Estle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is another way to feather an existing selection as well, it is my
> preferred method,
> since you can actually see how much feather you are gonna get beforehand.
>
> Simply this: Convert the selection to a quickmask (also in the Select menu,
> and there is
> an icon in the lower left corner of the canvas that will toggle this as
> well.) The
> canvas will be covered with red, except for the area selected. Now do
> filters>blur>Gaussian blur and look at the preview to see how much blur
> (feathering) you
> get. Convert the quickmask (actually a temporary channel) back into a
> selection. Just
> like feathering, you can't see it until you actually manipulate the
> selection, but it
> works just the same.
It works EXACTLY the same, in fact -- gaussian blurring is used for feathering.
Using Quickmask+gaussian-blur is a sensible choice if you want to, for
example, feather only part of the selection.
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