User Manual

Manipulating Images 83
Selection tool options
PhotoPlus offers a very wide range of other selection methods, and a variety of
commands for modifying the extent or properties of the selected pixels—all
available from the Tools toolbar. Note that the selection tools work on
Background and standard layers, but not on text layers or shape layers.
Available
from:
Tools
Selection
Tools flyout
Rectangle Selection Tool—drag out a rectangular
selection area of your chosen size (use the Ctrl key to
constrain to a Square area).
Ellipse Selection Tool—drag out an ellipse selection
area (use Ctrl key to constrain to a circle).
QuickShape Selection Tools flyout—provides
different variable shapes, including pie, star, arrow, heart,
spiral, wave, and so on. The shapes can be further
"morphed" into other custom QuickShapes by dragging
node handles around the QuickShape.
Lasso
Tools flyout
Freehand Selection Tool—lets you draw a freehand
(irregular) line which is closed automatically to create an
irregularly shaped selection area.
Polygon Selection Tool—lets you draw a series of
straight-line segments (double-click to close the polygon).
Magnetic Selection Tool—lets you trace around an
object edge creating a selection line that snaps to the edge as
you drag.
directly from
toolbar
Magic Wand Tool—lets you select a region based on
the color similarity of adjacent pixels—simply click a
starting pixel then set a Tolerance from the context toolbar.
It works much like the fill tool, but the result is a selected
region rather than a region flooded with a color.