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Chapter 7: Selecting parts of an image
Making selections
About selections
A selection defines the editable area in a photo (for example, you might want to 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.
Photoshop Elements 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.(See "To flatten an image" on page 93.)
Selection made with Elliptical Marquee tool, color adjusted in selected area
See also
"To select and deselect areas using commands" on page 110
"To define a feathered edge for a selection tool" on page 115
"To smooth the edges of a selection by anti-aliasing" on page 115
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