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18.. glossary:: 18​.. glossary::
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20 Select All 20​ Select All
21 Selects the whole layer. 21​ Selects the whole layer.
22 22​
23 Deselect 23​ Deselect
24 Deselects everything(except for active Selection Mask) 24​ Deselects everything (except for active Selection Mask)
25 25​
26 Reselect 26​ Reselect
27 Reselects the previously deselected selection. 27​ Reselects the previously deselected selection.
28 28​
29 Invert Selection 29​ Invert Selection
30 Inverts the selection. 30​ Inverts the selection.
31 31​
32 Convert raster selection to vector selection. 32​ Convert raster selection to vector selection.
33 -- 33​ --
34 34​
35 Convert Shapes to Vector Selection 35​ Convert Shapes to Vector Selection
36 Convert vector shape to vector selection 36​ Convert vector shape to vector selection
37 37​
38 Convert to shape 38​ Convert to shape
39 Converts vector selection to vector shape. 39​ Converts vector selection to vector shape.
40 40​
41 Display Selection 41​ Display Selection
42 Display the selection. If turned off selections will be invisible. 42​ Display the selection. If turned off selections will be invisible.
43 43​
44 Show Global Selection Mask. 44​ Show Global Selection Mask
45 Shows the global selection as a selection mask in the layers docker. This is necessary to be able to select it for painting on. 45​ Shows the global selection as a selection mask in the layers docker. This is necessary to be able to select it for painting on.
46 46​
47 Scale 47​ Scale
48 Scale the selection 48​ Scale the selection
49 49​
50 Select from Colour Range 50​ Select from Color Range
51 Select from a certain color range. 51​ Select from a certain color range.
52 52​
53 Select Opaque 53​ Select Opaque
54 Select all opaque(non-transparent) pixels in the current active layer. If there's already a selection, this will add the new selection to the old one, allowing you to select the opaque pixels of multiple layers into one selection. Semi-transparent(or semi-opaque) pixels will be semi-selected. 54​ Select all opaque (non-transparent) pixels in the current active layer. If there's already a selection, this will add the new selection to the old one, allowing you to select the opaque pixels of multiple layers into one selection. Semi-transparent (or semi-opaque) pixels will be semi-selected.
55 55​
56 Feather Selection 56​ Feather Selection
57 Feathering in design means to soften sharp borders. So this adds a soft border to the existing selection. 57​ Feathering in design means to soften sharp borders. So this adds a soft border to the existing selection.
58 58​
59 Grow Selection 59​ Grow Selection
60 Make the selection a few pixels bigger. 60​ Make the selection a few pixels bigger.
61 61​
62 Shrink Selection 62​ Shrink Selection
63 Make the selection a few pixels smaller. 63​ Make the selection a few pixels smaller.
64 64​
65 Border Selection 65​ Border Selection
66 Take the current selection and remove the insides so you only have a border selected. 66​ Take the current selection and remove the insides so you only have a border selected.
67 67​
68 Smooth 68​ Smooth
69 Make the selection a little smoother. This removes jiggle. 69​ Make the selection a little smoother. This removes jiggle.