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how do I feather the cut when I cut out a path? - petedecember - 04-20-2020
Greetings folks--
When I cut out something from a picture, say a person, I want to feather the edges so it looks a little more natural. Does anyone have any idea how to do that? Currently I am using a path to do the cut, although I would be open to other suggestions.
Thanks in advance for you help.
RE: how do I feather the cut when I cut out a path? - Ofnuts - 04-20-2020
The path is not the cut. What does the cut is the selection you get from the path, but you can feather that selection a bit (Select>Feather) after you obtain it from the path and before you use it for the cut.
RE: how do I feather the cut when I cut out a path? - petedecember - 04-20-2020
Thank-you, Ofnuts! That sure helps me out.
RE: how do I feather the cut when I cut out a path? - rich2005 - 04-21-2020
My suggestion: Use a layer mask. Path to Selection -> Layer Mask from selection.
Then you can edit the layer mask without destroying the image. Example apply a gaussian blur, although I prefer to dive in at a pixel level with a small fuzzy brush. All sorts of things you can do.
https://i.imgur.com/HnmL7VR.jpg