Feathering creates a see-through effect for the selected pixels. When using the Feather command, you can try out various feather amounts and view the results before deselecting the pixels. You can also feather a selection by setting a feather amount in the Property inspector before or during your use of a bitmap selection tool. For more information, see Bitmap selection tool options.

To feather a pixel selection:

  1. Select Select > Feather.
  2. Enter a Feather amount in the Feather dialog box.

    The selection marquee changes size to reflect the feather amount.

  3. If necessary, change the number in the Feather dialog box to adjust the feather amount.
  4. Click OK.

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    To view the appearance of the feathered selection without the surrounding pixels, select Select > Select Inverse, and then press Delete. You can then use the History panel or Edit > Undo to try again.