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Chapter 6: Advanced Photo Editing
Microsoft Digital Image Standard User’s Manual
The Freehand Tool
The Freehand tool helps you select part of an object by drawing an irregu-
lar shape.
1. Make sure that the Stack appears in the workspace.
2. On the Stack, click the object of which you want to make a partial
selection.
3. Click the Freehand Tool button on the toolbar.
4. If the Freehand Tool options palette is not showing, click the Selection
button on the toolbar.
5. To keep the edges of the selection smooth, select the Anti-aliased check
box on the Freehand Tool options palette.
6. On the Freehand Tool options palette, click whether you want to make
a new selection , add to the current selection , or subtract from the
current selection
.
7. On the picture, drag the pointer, and then click the starting point to
complete the selection.
8. To feather the selection (to make it blend into the surrounding part of the
picture), click Feather on the Freehand Tool options palette, enter the
number of pixels that you want feathered around the edge, and then
click OK
.
9. To select the opposite area, click Invert on the Freehand Tool options
palette.