User's Manual

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
Select areas in an image
AdobePhotoshop hasselection toolstailoredfor different selectiontasks. In this tutorial,you’lllearn some good uses
for these tools.
1. Use the Magic Wand tool to select the background.
If the object has a well-defined shape against a background that’s primarily one color, you can select the background
using the Magic Wand tool.
Select theMagic Wand tool,and then clickanywhereinthe background.The marqueearoundthe background area
in
dicates that the background is now editable. Try dragging a paintbrush over the whole image to verify that only the
background, and not the object, is affected.