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Press the Selection tool on toolbar.

 

toolbar

 

menu1

          selection_menu

 

Select All allows to select all image.

Select None allows to cancel the current selection.

Select allows to select the custom area.

 

select1

 

Invert Selection allows to invert the current selection.

Save selection to file saves the current selection to the specified file.

Load selection from file loads a selection from a file.

Save selection as custom pushes the current selection in a stack.

Restore custom selection restores a saved selection from the selections stack.

 

 

Additional toolbar.

 

selectionmethods

 

Methods:

 

Rectangle. User can select a rectangular area. Click and move mouse to select the rectangle. SHIFT key allows selection of multiple regions. Simultaneously pressing ALT causes the selection to maintain its aspect ratio.

Circle. User can select a circular (ellipse) area. Press left button and move mouse (press ALT to select a circle). SHIFT key selects multiple regions.

Polygon. User can select a polygonal area. Press and release left mouse button for each vertex of polygon, otherwise press left button and move mouse to specify continuous irregular lines. Use double click (left mouse button) to finish.The SHIFT key selects multiple regions.

Lasso. User can select a polygonal area. Press the left button and move mouse to specify continuous irregular region.

Magic Wand. User can select an irregular region with similar colors. Press and release the left button over a point. SHIFT key selects multiple regions.

 

 

 

Magic Wand Settings

 

magicwandsettings

 

Mode specifies how magic wand selection works. Default value is Inclusive.

Inclusive:  the selection is a closed polygon.

Exclusive:  the selection includes only points that match the initial pixel, similar to a flood fill.

Global:  the selection includes all points that match the initial pixel, examining all pixels of the image.

 

Set Max Filter to True (default value is False) to apply a maximum filter to the magic wand selection (remove the "black hole").

 

Tolerance specifies the color difference of original point and region point (default 15). A low number selects colors of a very close match, whereas a higher value allows much broader color differences.

 

 

Use the arrow keys ["Ctrl" + arrow key] to move selected area.