It looks at the colors in the are defined by the brush and creates a selection boundary where there is a significant color change. It allows you to select a brush size from the option bar, then click on any region in an image that you want to select. The Quick Selection Tool also offers a very simple way to create a selection. Note that the options bar for the Magic Wand tool allows a few options, such as setting the tolerance, which will allow it to select a wider or narrower range of colors. In order to switch your selection to the balloon, on the menu bar choose: Select > Inverse. Note that this tool has now selected everything except the balloon. Click on the Magic Wand Tool on the toolbar (or if the Quick Selection is currently selected, click and hold on the Quick Selection Tool until the drop-down gives you the option to select the Magic Wand Tool). In this case, it will be easier for us to select the blue sky since it is all one color rather than selecting the balloon directly. This is very powerful if you want to select a region that has a narrow color range but has limited uses beyond that.įor instance, in the image of the balloon below the Magic Wand tool makes selection of the balloon very easy to do. The Magic Wand Tool is one of the easiest selection tools in that you only need to click one place on the canvas and it will select a a region that is within the same color range as the pixel clicked. SHIFT: Holding the shift key while using any selection tool will add to the existing selection (the cursor will show a small + sign).ĪLT: Holding the alt key while making a selection will remove from the existing selection (the cursor will show a small - sign). There are three essential keystrokes to remember when utilizing any of the selection tools.ĬTRL-D (Apple-D on Mac): Removes the selection. The selection boundary display is called a marquee. The selection tool in Photoshop will create an outline around the image that look like dashed blinking lines, to outline selections in an image you want to modify only the area with in those boundaries are affected. You can use Photoshop selection tools to select areas of an image to change/transform color and shapes for you projects.
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