It's hard to visualize the feathering on a selection when you use the numeric command under Select > Feather. Instead, you can visually feather a selection by making the selection, switching to quick mask mode, and applying the gaussian blur filter.
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Working With Selections & Masks
Compatibility: Photoshop 5 and higher
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