3dsmax - How do I exclude verts from soft selection?

sr3d

How do I exclude certain verts from being affected by soft selection?  Playing with the falloff, pinch and bubble modifiers are not precise enough.

monster

Make your soft selection. Turn on Lock Soft Selection, and use the Paint tool with the Selection Value set to 0.

sr3d

monster said:

Make your soft selection. Turn on Lock Soft Selection, and use the Paint tool with the Selection Value set to 0.

Thank you