User Guide

Corel Painter 207
To subtract from a selection:
1 Choose a selection tool from the
toolbox.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Subtract from Selec-
tion button on the property bar,
and select the area you want to
subtract.
• Hold down Option (Mac OS)
or Alt (Windows), and select
the area you want to subtract.
The selection is “cut out” from the
current selection.
Tip
•
You can subtract selections using any
combination of selection tools, including
the Magic Wand tool. If you subtract
different selection types, the result is a
pixel-based selection. For more
information about creating pixel-based
selections with the Magic Wand tool, refer
to “Using the Magic Wand” on page 207
for more information. For more
information about selection types, refer to
“About Selection Types” on page 204.
Subtracting from a path-based selection.
To select the entire canvas:
• Choose Select menu > All.
Using the Magic Wand
The Magic Wand tool creates pixel-
based selections. Groups of pixels are
selected based on color. You can adjust
settings to control the range of colors,
and you can choose to include
contiguous or non-contiguous pixels.
You can use the Magic Wand to create
a new selection, add to the current
selection, or subtract from the current
selection. You can add and subtract
selections using any combination of
selection tools. For example, you can
create a selection with the Magic
Wand and add a rectangular area with
the Rectangular Selection tool, or you
can create a selection with the Lasso
tool and add to it with the Magic
Wa nd .
To select an area using the Magic
Wand tool:
1 Choose the Magic Wand tool
from the toolbox.
2 On the property bar, adjust any of
the following settings:
• Tolerance controls the amount
of variance allowed from the
selected color. Higher values
create a larger range of colors.
• Anti-Alias creates intermedi-
ate selection values on the
selection boundaries. This
gives soft edges to the work you
do with the selection.