Basic Information
In Photoshop, Yu Hua is an editor for selection, which is hard for beginners to understand. The feather principle is to virtualize the internal and external connections of the constituency. To achieve the effect of natural convergence. It is widely used in design and drawing, and can be understood as long as the actual operation. In actual use, the specific feathers depend entirely on experience. Therefore, the key to mastering this commonly used tool is to exercise frequently.
The larger the appearance value, the wider the Blur range, that is, the softening of the color. The smaller the value, the narrower the scope of virtualization. It can be adjusted according to the actual situation. Setting the value of feathers to a smaller value is a skill of feathers.
Procedure:
1) Select the content of the layer you want to hide (press Ctrl and click the layer thumbnail to select)
2) Click "select-Modify-yu" in the menu bar, and a dialog box is displayed. Enter the value of the scope to be Yu-hua, and click "OK ".
3) after confirmation, press Ctrl + Shift + I to perform "Invert selection" (if you do not select the dominant effect), and then pressDelete(Delete can be used to press multiple times, and the result will be re-displayed once. You can try it). Finally, press Ctrl + D to cancel the selection box.
Feather shortcut
The shortcut for Yu Hua is CTRL + ALT + D.
The feather shortcut for PS cs5 is SHIFT + F6.
Blur the edge of a mask in Photoshop Layer
On the layers panel, select the layer that contains the mask you want to edit.
On the mask panel, click the pixel mask or vector mask button.
Drag the "Feather" slider to apply the Feather Effect to the edges of the mask.
The edges of the feathers blur the mask to create a gentle transition between masked and unmasked areas. In the pixel range set using the slider, apply the feathers along the edge of the mask. [1]