Quick Answer: How Does Tolerance Work in Photoshop?
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The Tolerance setting governs the sensitivity of the magic wand selection. When you click on an area in the image, Photoshop selects all the adjacent pixels whose numeric color values are within the specified tolerance either side of the pixel value.

How do you use tolerance in Photoshop?

To use the Magic Wand tool and adjust Tolerance settings, follow these steps:

  1. Select the Magic Wand tool in the Tools panel. …
  2. Click the portion of the image that you want to select; use the default Tolerance setting of 32. …
  3. Enter a new Tolerance setting on the Options bar.

What does tolerance function do?

Generally, a tolerance is a threshold which, if crossed, stops the iterations of a solver. Set tolerances and other criteria using optimoptions as explained in Set and Change Options.

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