Select Color Gamut [PRO/EX]

Creates a selection of a specific color.

The following example shows how to select only the purple areas of a character in a file with the following layers.

1On the [Layer] palette, select the layer to make a selection from.

In this example, we select the character layer.

2Select the [Select] menu > [Select Color Gamut].

3In the dialog box that appears, edit the settings for the selection color.

(1)  Turn on [Refer multiple] and set which layers to refer to create the selection. In this example, we set it to [All layers].

(2)  Click the canvas to specify the color.

(3)  Adjust the error margin of the color to adjust the selected area.

(4)  Click [OK].

4A selection area of the specified color will be created.

In this example, all purple areas on all layers have been selected.

[Select Color Gamut] Dialog Box

(1)  Error margin of color

Set the error margin of color for the target color. A larger value increases the error margin to include colors other than the specified color.

(2)  Selection type

Set how to create a selection when there is already a selection area on the canvas.

A. New selection	Creates a new selection.
B. Add to selection	Adds a selection to the existing selection area.
C. Delete from selection	Erases the selection from the existing selection area.

(3)  Refer multiple

You can set the layers to refer to.

All layers	Refer to all layers. However, hidden layers cannot be referred to.
Reference layer	Refers to layers set as reference layers.
Selected layer	Refers to all layers that are currently selected in the [Layer] palette.
Layer in folder	Refers to layers within the layer folder. The layer to refer to must be in the same folder as the layer currently being edited.

If [Refer multiple] is turned off, only the current layer is referred to.

(4)  Reset

Resets the current selection.