Working with selections
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Working with selections
Selecting the parts of images to edit is an important step in your
workflow. By creating a selection, you can edit an area while leaving
the rest of the image unchanged. You can use drawing or painting
tools to modify selected areas of your image. You can also apply
commands to flip, copy, crop, or perform other actions on the
selected areas.
The border of a selection is identified by a selection marquee, which is
a series of black and white dashes that outlines the selection.
This section presents the following topics
• Creating selections
• Modifying selections
• Inverting and clearing selections
For more topics about selections, including moving and modifying
selections, and using feathering and anti-aliasing, see “Working with
selections” in the Help.
Creating selections
You can create a selection when you want to isolate part of an image.
For example, you can use a selection to adjust or retouch one area of
a photo, or to copy a portion of a photo and paste it into another
photo. The way you make a selection depends on whether you are
