Feather Selections Visually

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.

Related Resources:
• Working With Selections & Masks

Compatibility: Photoshop 5 and higher

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