Photopaint allows you to select parts of images or photographs. The advantage of selection is that you can work on a particular area within an image, without having to worry about altering areas outside the selection boundary. You may, for instance, want to change the color scheme in only one part of an image, leaving the rest of the image untouched. Since all images in Photopaint are pixel-based there is no way of automatically selecting, say, the head of a man from a picture that includes the rest of his body. Unlike a mere software package, only you, as perceiver, have a definite concept of parts of the body. This is where the selection tools come to your aid in helping you target the areas you want to work on.
There are several ways of making selections, each achieved through its own selection tool. The selection tools are grouped together at the top of the Tools bar, which is visible on the left-hand side of the screen when you open up a file. (If it is not visible, select Tools from the View menu).
Once you have made a selection, you can later edit it to refine its borders, change its position or alter it in some other way. There is a range of editing options available through the Transform Selection tool and the Select menu.
If you have already made a selection, the application of another selection will always override the first.
The selection tools available are:
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For instructions on how to make exact selections, see Exact Position