[photoshop-beginners] Re: Line around face

Hi
No I did not feather it but will try that next time. One thing I have learnt is to zoom way in to see the effect of everything I do before printing.
Thanks

--- In photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com, "John L Waller" <johnlwaller@...> wrote:
>
> Did you feather the selection?? If not, then darkening would create a sharp
> border at the selection point.
>
> JohnW
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> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 6:52 PM
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> Subject: [photoshop-beginners] Line around face
>
> I had a photo with two people in it. The face of the person in the
> foreground was too lit up and needed to be darkened slightly. I went around
> the face with the magnetic selection tool and darkened the face.
> I then deselected the face. The photo looked great on my computer but I
> printed it out in A3 mind you and the face was outlined by the selection
> tool. You could see a definate line around the face.
> What went wrong?
> Thanks for your help.
> Iris
>
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