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5.02.2 Advanced Selection Handles
•
While in the
Selection Tool
mode, the
Tool Options
bar indicates a setting called
Handles.
The drop-
down menu offers another option called
Advanced
:
•
In
Advanced
mode, a selected shape will appear with six identical handles. However, each handle now
has two functions, depending on whether the mouse hovers directly over the handle or is moved slightly
away from the handle:
•
All four corner handles offer the same resizing and rotating functions. The middle handles along the four
sides offer resizing and skewing:
•
There are several ways to select more than one shape:
Select the first shape and hold down the
Shift
key while clicking on additional shapes.
Drag the mouse (marquee-select) to encompass the shapes. Always make sure you start clearly outside
the boundaries of the images you want to select.
If all of the shapes are on the same layer, click on the thumbnail for that layer or hold the
Shift
key while
clicking on more than one layer. Refer to
Section 4.04.
Use the
Lasso Selection
tool on the
Tools Panel
. Freely drag the mouse around the shapes you
want to include in the selection:
Cursor indicates
a rotate function.
Refer to
Section
5.06.
Cursor indicates
a resize function.
Refer to
Section
5.05.1.
Cursor indicates
a skew function.
Refer to
Section
5.07.
Cursor indicates
a resize function.
Refer to
Section
5.05.1.
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