Creating outline selections

The Outline feature allows you to create a new selection based on the outer edges of a previously created selection.

Before and after outline selection created.

Settings

The following settings can be adjusted from the relevant dialogs:

Radius—controls the width of the selection.
Circular—when selected, the selection edges become increasingly rounded with increasing Radius values.
Alignment—determines to origin for the expansion. Select from the pop-up menu.

To create an outline selection:

With a selection in place, from the Select menu, select Outline.
Adjust the settings in the dialog.
Click Apply.

SEE ALSO:

Creating pixel selections