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Selection tool are used to select a portion of image. With this portion allocated (selected) you can do what you want without affecting rest of picture.
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∙ 11y agoWith Path Selection Tool you can select and edit individual anchor points from which path is constructed.
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∙ 10y agoIf you have a shape layer, or path created with the Pen Tool, it will let you select and edit individual points belonging to that path.
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What is the name of the tool used to paint over the edges of a selection in photoshop?
the masking tool
What tool can you use in photoshop to outline sections of a image?
You can use the pen tool, quick selection tool and lasso.
What is Photoshop List the different selection tools of Photoshop?
Selections tools inside Adobe Photoshop are : Lasso tools, Marquee tools, Magic Wand and Quick Selection, Color Range from Select menu and you can also trace edges with Pen Tool or Magnetic Pen Tool which is accessible when Freeform Pen Tool is active.
How do you add selection in Photoshop?
Using selection tools from Toolbox: Magic Wand, Quick Selection tool, Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools...
Is there drag tool in Photoshop cs5.1?
There isn't drag tool in any Photoshop version. To move things around you can use Move Tool or Path and Direct Selection tools to move paths and shapes.
What does a quick selection tool do in photoshop?
Quick Selection Tool creates selections by automaticaly detecting edges based on color and texture similarity of surounding pixels with clicked point. You can click or click and drag to create selection with Quick Selection Tool.
How do you select particular area in Photoshop?
magic wand tool, quick selection tool, lasso tool polygonal or magnetic lasso tool. there the main one's.
What are the keyboard shortcuts for the selection tool and the direct tool in Photoshop?
Selection tools in Photoshop: Marquee Tools (M), Lasso Tools (L), Magic Wand and Quick selection (W). You can also select color from image as foreground or background color with Eyedropper Tool (I). Navigate with mouse above any tool in Photoshop and you will see tooltip with keyboard shortcut for that tool in parentheses.
What tool in photoshop do you use to select and cut an image?
For selections you can your the Marquee Tool, Lasso Tool, or Magic Wand Tool. To cut that selection you can use the Move Tool, or the Ctr-X keyboard shortcut.
What does the horizantal tool do in photoshop?
Photoshop have Horizontal Type Tool and Horizontal Type Mask Tool which you can use to type text in Photoshop.
Where is the pen tool in photoshop 6.0 elements?
No Elements version have the pen tool. The vector features are limited, but the selection tools are very good, especially with version 14.
What does the quick selection do in Photoshop?
The tool is used to select specific locations/pixels on a picture. This is used to copy,create masking etc
