From: Daniel Piechnick
Hi Angela. Sometimes Photoshop can lose track of what's antialiased (smooth) and what's not, so that when you select something that's antialiased, it just gives you a jaggy representation of the area. You could try duplicating your gold-coloured layer, moving it down, and then making it orange (it should have a smooth edge, so it should be ok for this). Alternatively, you could bring up the Paths box, by clicking Window > Paths, and get the path you used at the start. Move the path down, and make a selection out of it, like you did earlier on in the tutorial. I hope this helps :)
