Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuel D’Utilisation
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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Selecting parts of an image
Selecting parts of an image
Last updated 7/26/2011
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To specify preview settings, do any of the following:
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To change what is displayed in the preview area, choose either Selection Area or Original Photo from the Display
menu. Or press the X key on your keyboard to switch between the two views.
menu. Or press the X key on your keyboard to switch between the two views.
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To specify a different background, choose an option from the Background menu.
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Do any of the following to fine-tune the selection, and then preview the results again:
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To add to or subtract from the selection, draw more dots or lines using either the Foreground or Brush tool.
Note: When you change the foreground or background color, the related brush tool becomes active.
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To erase foreground or background dots, select the Point Eraser tool
and click or drag over the marks you want
to remove.
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To add areas to a selection, select the Add To Selection tool
, and click or drag over the area you want to add.
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To remove areas from the selection, select the Remove From Selection tool
and drag over the areas you want
to remove.
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To smooth the edges of your foreground selection, select the Smoothing Brush tool
and drag over the areas you
want to smooth.
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To soften the edges of your selection, specify a higher value in the Feather box.
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To fill remaining holes in the main selection, click Fill Holes.
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To separate and remove an area from the main selection, select the Remove From Selection Tool
and drag a
line between the main selection and the area you want to remove. Then click Fill Holes.
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To remove fringe colors left between the foreground and background, click Defringe. To increase or decrease the
amount of fringe removed, specify a value from the Defringe Width menu.
amount of fringe removed, specify a value from the Defringe Width menu.
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Click OK to extract the selected areas. If you want to start over, click Reset to remove all marks.
Delete a selected area
If you delete a selection on a Background layer or a layer that uses the Lock Transparency option, the selected area is
replaced with the background color or checkerboard background pattern.
replaced with the background color or checkerboard background pattern.
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Do any of the following:
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Choose Edit > Delete to remove the selection. (If you delete a selection by mistake, you can choose Edit > Undo to
get it back.)
get it back.)
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Press the Backspace or Delete key to remove the selection.
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Choose Edit > Cut to cut the selection to the Clipboard. You can then paste it elsewhere.
More Help topics
Select and deselect areas using commands
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Do any of the following:
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To select all pixels in a layer, select the layer in the Layers panel and choose Select > All.
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To deselect selections, choose Select > Deselect. This is the safest way to deselect the area.