Corel Painter Help | Softening the edges of selections

Softening the edges of selections

You can soften the edges of a path-based selection by anti-aliasing or feathering. Anti-aliasing smooths the edges of a selection by modifying the color transition between the pixels. Feathering, on the other hand, softens the edges by gradually increasing the transparency of the pixels along the edge of the selection.

To apply anti-aliasing to a selection

1 Create a selection by using one of the selection tools.

2 On the property bar, click the Anti-alias button

To feather the edge of a selection

1 In the toolbox, click the Selection Adjuster tool

, and then click a selection.

2 On the property bar, click the Feather button

3 In the Feather Selection dialog box, specify the number of pixels that you want to feather.

The maximum number of pixels that you can feather is 2000.

When the selection marquee is shown, feathering may be difficult to see. It is easier to see the effect of feathering if you save the selection to a channel and view the channel. For more information, see To view or hide a channel.