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A selection difference between "apply image"and "color range" in photoshop CS5



the 2nd is just selected by "color range", parameters are luminous 100 fuzziness 200. the 3rd image is masked with "apply image" using the original gradient image. the 4th is as same as the 2nd, but the localized color clusters option on.

since the color range can't select smoothly enough, I always use the apply image method now (that means I don't use http://moe.imouto.org/forum/show/9679 anymore), and if needed, convert it to a selection instead of using the color range (I can use "expand" a mask/selection area after convert a mask to a selection. http://moe.imouto.org/forum/show/9970 is using this method)

it's OK to use the color range for narrow ranges (fuzziness under 50), but in this case, an action error "nothing is selected" often occurs.