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Corel PaintShop Pro X4 User Guide
working on a raster layer or a vector layer. For more information about
raster and vector layers, see “Understanding layers” in the Help.
You can create a selection by using a Selection tool shape (left),
by creating a freehand selection (center), or by using the Magic
Wand tool to select specific areas of color or opacity (right).
The following selection tools can be used to create raster selections:
• Selection tool — lets you create a selection of a specific shape,
such as a rectangle, square, ellipse, circle, or star
• Freehand Selection tool
— lets you create a selection around
the edges of an object, such as petals of a flower or fingers on a
hand. You can make four types of selections with the Freehand
tool:
• Edge Seeker — finds the edges between two areas with color
differences when you click on the edges of irregularly shaped
areas
• Freehand — lets you quickly select an area by dragging
• Point to Point — lets you draw straight lines between points to
create a selection with straight edges
• Smart Edge — automatically finds the edges of irregularly
shaped areas when you click along the edges
