Bitmap selection tool options

When you select the Marquee, Oval Marquee, Lasso, Polygon Lasso, or Magic Wand tool, the Property inspector displays the options for that tool.

Selecting the Live marquee box allows you to change Edge settings and the amount of feather (if Feather is specified as the Edge setting) for your bitmap selection while you're using the Marquee, Oval Marquee, Lasso, Polygon Lasso, and Magic Wand tool.

The Property inspector also displays three Edge options for these tools:

Hard creates a marquee selection with a defined edge.

Anti-alias prevents jagged edges in the marquee selection.

Feather lets you soften the edge of the pixel selection.

When using a selection tool, you can set the Feather option before creating a selection, or you can feather existing selections by selecting the Live marquee box. You can also feather existing selections using the Feather command in the Select menu. For more information, see Feathering a pixel selection.

When you select the Marquee or Oval Marquee, the Property inspector also displays three style options:

Normal lets you create a marquee in which the height and width are independent of each other.

Fixed Ratio constrains the height and width to defined ratios.

Fixed Size sets the height and width to a defined dimension.