Photoshop :: Feather A Selection In CS3 Gives...

I have just upgraded to Photoshop CS3 from (CS2)

In previous versions (CS2 and earlier), if you select a part of an image, including borders, and then apply the feather command, then the selection edges along the borders were not feathered but the selection edge inside the picture (and bordering another part of the picture) was feathered. (The selection may be a rectangle or an irregular shape. In either case it is just the selection edge that is INSIDE the image that is feathered, and the selection edges along the border of the image are not feathered.)

Result: you get a rectangular selection with one edge feathered. (Or with a slightly irregular shape if the selection border within the image is not a straight line.)

Very useful if e.g. if you want to darken the sky in a high contrast sunny-day image.

Now to the problem:

In CS3 feathering occurs on the entire selection, including those parts of the selection that are along the edges of the image.

Result: you get an oval shape selected where all edges are feathered. And you cannot use that to darken e.g. the sky.