User Guide

Using Selections208
• Contiguous, when enabled,
selects contiguous pixels.
3 On the property bar, click one of
the following buttons:
•New Selection
• Add to Selection
• Subtract from Selection
4 In the document window, do one
of the following:
• Click to select the color in the
middle of the range of colors
used to make the selection.
• Drag over an area to define the
range of colors used to make
the selection.
It can take a moment for Corel
Painter to calculate and load the
selection.
Notes:
•
The default tolerance for selections is
32. It can be adjusted from 1 to 255.
•
If you add to the current selection, you
add to the range of values that the Magic
Wand selects rather than create an
additional selection with a unique seed
color.
Tips
•
If you want to restrict your selection to
a rectangular area, press Option+Shift
(Mac OS) or Alt+Shift (Windows) and
drag a bounding rectangle in your image.
•
You can restore the default settings by
clicking the Reset Tool button on the
property bar.
Adding to a selection with the Magic Wand
Creating an Auto Selection
Auto Select creates a selection based
on your choice of image
characteristics. The Invert option
allows you to invert the selection you
create.
To generate an Auto Selection:
1 Choose Select menu > Auto
Select.
2 In the Auto Select dialog box,
choose an image characteristic
from the Using pop-up menu.
• Paper creates a selection using
the current paper texture.
• 3D Brush Strokes creates a
selection based on the differ-
ence between the current image
and the clone source. If no
clone source is selected, Corel
Painter uses the current pat-
tern. For information about
clones, refer to “Cloning and
Tracing” on page 187.
• Original Selection imports the
selection from the clone source
document. You can use this fea-
ture to transfer a selection from
another document. For best
results, the dimensions of the
source and working document
should match. You must estab-
lish a clone source file, and cre-
ate a selection in this file, for
this option to be valid. For