3 Replies Latest reply: Feb 2, 2011 2:12 PM by PECourtejoie RSS

    Tolerance for Quick Selection tool

    Bent Nielsen Community Member

      Wondering if there is a way to select tolerance for the Quick Selection tool - just like the tolerance option for Magic Wand.  Way too often I find that Quick Selection selects too much, so...

        • 1. Re: Tolerance for Quick Selection tool
          SaturnV CommunityMVP

          The logic in the Quick Selection tool is different enough from the Magic Wand that a numerical Tolerance option probably doesn't apply, but there is a way to make it select less. Do you know about the Option key trick? If clicking the Quick Selection tool selected too much, Option-click the Quick Selection tool on the areas you didn't want to select. That teaches the Quick Selection tool not to select similar areas again. Having done that, the next time you click the Quick Selection tool it should be more accurate. By alternately clicking the areas you want, and Option-clicking the areas you don't want, you progressively narrow down your selection until you get the selection you like. Then you can use the Refine Edge button to tune the edge.

           

          In other words, instead of fiddling with Tolerance numbers, you can teach the tool by clicking.

          • 2. Re: Tolerance for Quick Selection tool
            Bent Nielsen Community Member

            Thank you for clarifying info about Quick Selection too.  I will follow your instructions, so by and by, me and my computer should get to know each other better, or at least the computer should get to know me better, taking over more work - leaving me to take pictures.  Unless, of course, if my camera picks up on my preferences and then starts shooting on its own - leaving me to...

            • 3. Re: Tolerance for Quick Selection tool
              PECourtejoie CommunityMVP

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              Look at the quality of his post here, then you know what to do!