Adjusting Selection Borders

After you make a selection in your image, you may want to modify or edit the selection borders.

Moving the Selection Marquee

To change or fine-tune the area the selection encloses, you can use the Move tool to move the marquee.

To move the selection marquee:

  1. On the Tools toolbar, chose the Move tool .

  2. Place the cursor inside or on the marquee, hold down the right mouse button, and then drag the marquee to a new position.

Hiding and Viewing the Selection Marquee

The selection marquee is normally visible. Sometimes when working with a selection it is helpful to hide the marquee temporarily without disabling the selection. For example, you may want to see the results of pasting a selection or feathering a selection’s edges.

To hide or view the marquee:

Choose Selections > Hide Marquee or press Ctrl + Shift + M.

Selecting Everything Outside the Selection

Sometimes the easiest way to select a complicated part of an image is to select the part of the image that you don’t want and then invert the selection. For example, if you have a picture of a person against a solid color background, you can select the background and then invert the selection to select the person.

To invert a selection:

  1. Make a selection in the image.

  2. Choose Selections > Invert. The marquee changes to enclose the opposite area of the image.

Related Topics

Converting a Selection into a Layer

Adjusting Selection Borders

Creating Custom Patterns from Selections

Moving Selections within an Image

Saving and Loading Selections

Using Edit Selection

Working with Standard and Floating Selections