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Figure 5-19. Top: Here's the original selection of this butterfly wing. Elements missed some small
areas on the edge. (The area outside the selection was deleted to make it easier to see what's selec-
ted.) Bottom left: If you use Grow to enlarge the selection, you also get parts of the background
that are similar in tone. As a result, your selection isn't wing-shaped anymore. Bottom right: If you
use Expand instead, the selection still is still shaped like the wing, but the edges of the selection
have moved outward to include the dark border area you missed the first time. Here the selection
moved out more than you'd want—it took in some of the background—but Elements preserved the
shape of the original selection.
