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Chapter 6: Selecting parts of an image
A selection defines the editable area in a photo (for example, you can lighten one part of a photo without affecting the
rest). You can make a selection with either a selection tool or a selection command. A selection border, which you can
hide, surrounds the selection. You can change, copy, or delete pixels inside the selection border, but you can't touch
areas outside the selection border until you deselect the selection.
Making selections
About selections
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 10 contains several selection tools that suit different kinds of selections. For example, the
Elliptical Marquee tool selects circular and elliptical areas, and the Magic Wand tool can select an area of similar colors
with one click. More complex selections can be made with one of the Lasso tools. You can even smooth the edges of a
selection with feathering and anti-aliasing.
Note: Selections are limited to the active layer—to make changes to all layers at once, you first need to flatten the image.
Selection made with Elliptical Marquee tool, color adjusted in selected area
More Help topics
"Flatten an
image" on page 74
"Define a feathered edge for a selection
tool" on page 106
"Smooth the edges of a selection by
anti-aliasing" on page 106
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