User Guide

Chapter 5: Edit mode
9. Click Done.
You return to Edit, where you can select an editing tool or a special effect to apply to the selection.
To use the Magic Wand:
1. Click the Magic Wand to select it.
2. Click any color in the image.
3. Do any of the following:
Slide the Threshold slider to adjust the number of pixels to be included or excluded. The Threshold slider sets how sim-
ilar a pixel needs to be to the one you clicked in order to be included in the selection.
Click the Connected radio button if you want to include only pixels that are touching the one you clicked.
Click the Not connected radio button if you want to include all the pixels that are similar to the one you clicked.
Hold down SHIFT and click around the selection to include more pixels.
Hold down CTRL and click around the selection to remove pixels from the selection.
Click Invert to swap your selection to the opposite area from the original, usually the outer part of the image.
4. From the Wand Type drop-down list, select one of the following:
Brightness: Selects pixels similar in brightness to the area of the image you clicked.
Color: Selects pixels similar in hue to the area of the image you clicked.
RGB: Selects pixels with red, green and blue combination similar to the area of the image you clicked.
5. Click Done.
You return to Edit, where you can select an editing tool or a special effect to apply to the selection.
To use the Marquee:
1. Click the Marquee to select it.
2. Select either Rectangle or Ellipse as the shape for your marquee.
3. Click and drag to draw the selection on the image.
4. Do any of the following:
To add to an existing marquee, hold down SHIFT and drag another marquee that includes any part of the original selec-
tion line. Release the mouse and the selection now includes the additional area.
To add multiple marquees to your selection, hold down SHIFT and drag as many as you want. As long as none of the
edges touch, you can continue adding areas to the selection.
To subtract from an existing marquee, hold down CTRL and drag another marquee that intersects with the one you want
to reduce. Release the mouse and any part that was inside the new marquee is removed.
5. Click Done.
You return to Edit, where you can select an editing tool or a special effect to apply to the selection.
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