Making Selections - Photoshop Elements 13: The Missing Manual - page 243

try to replace any color fringes with nearby colors (not necessarily the colors of your selec-
tion). Move the slider right and Elements changes more pixels; move it left and Elements
changes fewer. Using the View menu to switch back and forth between your current view
and Reveal Layer view is a good way to monitor how the Amount slider is affecting the col-
ors in your photo.
The Output section also lets you send your perfected selection out for use in many different
ways. After all that work refining it, you'll want to get the most use out of your exquisite se-
lection, so the Output To menu lets you tell Elements what to do when you click OK in the
Refine Edge dialog box:
▪ Selection . If you simply want a plain ol' selection, only a much-improved one, choose
this option.
▪ Layer Mask . If you understand layers and masks (see Chapter 6 , especially Layer
Masks ) , then select this option and Elements will turn your selection into a mask for your
original layer.
▪ New Layer . Select this option if you want to save your selected object on its own layer
in your original image. Elements cuts the selection out and puts it on a transparent back-
ground in your image.
▪ New Layer with Layer Mask . Choose this and you get a duplicate layer in your image
that includes a layer mask based on the selection.
▪ New Document . If you want to cut out your selected object to use on its own, this option
creates a brand-new file containing nothing but your selection on a transparent back-
ground.
▪ New Document with Layer Mask . Choose this option and Elements copies the entire
original layer (the one that was the basis for your selection) into a new document that in-
cludes a layer mask based on the selection.