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Selection Tools are:

 

Marquee Tool Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift + M

Before selecting:

  • Shift+Drag: To change the marquee to a square or circle.

  • Alt+Drag (Option for Mac): To drag marquee from it's center.

  • Alt+Shift+Drag(Option for Mac): To drag selection from it's center and change it to a square.

  • Holding downSpacebar:  to change selection position.

After Selecting :

  • Shift+Drag: to add more area to selection.
  • Alt+Drag (Option for Mac): to subtract from selection.
  • Alt+Shift+Drag(Option for Mac): to have intersected area only selected.

selection in rectangles

selection in ellipses

selection in 1-pixel rows

selection in 1-pixel column

Tools Options

Move Tool Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift + V
  • Shift: Holding shift while dragging to produce a  45° Movement.
  • Alt+Ctrl (Option+Command): It copies and moves the new copied shape at the same time
  • Alt+Ctrl+Shift (Option+Command+shift): To copy shape and move it in a 45° Movement.

to drag selections, layers and move them to a new place on the image you're working with. Can also be used to align shapes and layers together.

Tool Options
Lasso Tool Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift + L
  • Shift:  to add more area to selection..
  • Alt: to subtract from selection.
  • Alt+Shift:to have intersected area only selected.

 

Magnetic Lasso: Selection snaps to the edges of  the image that you want to select.

Polygonal: Selection is drawn in straight lines

  Lasso: Selection is drawn in a freehand-like method.

Tool Options
Quick Selection Tool New In Cs3 Shift + W  

 

Used to help in painting, while selecting an area the round brush tip expands and find the edges of the image.

Tool Options
Magic Wand Tool Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift + W
  • Shift:  to add more area to selection..
  • Alt: to subtract from selection.
  • Alt+Shift:to have intersected area only selected.

 

Selection based on color difference in an area. Can be adjusted by it's tolerance. 

Tool Options

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