The way I usually do it (it depends on the task, though, but in most cases anyway) is:

1. duplicate the layer 2. do all corrections on the new layer as if I was working on the portion I'm really interested in
3. mask the new layer to make it fully transparent 4. restore the areas of interest using the brush tool

As I said, this doesn't apply to all situations, but in most cases it gets the job done, plus I can enable and disable the edited layer at any time.

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:

I am using the Fuzzy Select Tool to select an area which is _roughly_ circular, however no matter how I set the tool I get either too much or too little selection. This would be a lot easier if I could specify a small section of the image, then let the tool only work in that section. Is this possible? Should I simply copy the small section to a different layer and work there?

Thanks.

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Use boolean operations. Make your first selection with (for example) the rectangle selection. Then in the magic wand select options check out the four top icons and pick the one with the intersect tooltip. My computer isn't handy to check, sorry. Also when using the magic wand select click and hold then move the mouse pointer up and down to dynamically adjust the threshold setting.

-Rob A>

On 6/13/10, Dotan Cohen wrote:

Thanks Branko and Chris, layers it is then. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing out on some fantastic technique made just for this.

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