Selection Icons

Selection is used when you make a partial copy or filling a part of the picture with a color.
In Pixia the selection consists of lines between tiny square handles. You can draw a line along the edge of the selection, as if it were a ruler.

If the selected area is closed, you can fill it with a color, and also if [Mask outside Selection] is chosen at [Paint Setting] only the inside area of the selection can be edited, which works just like Mask Plane.
The selection is not changed or canceled until you manually cancel it by clicking [Deselect], even if you move the layer. You can also just drag the selection to change its position without affecting the picture at all.

Box

Drag and make a rectangular area of your choice. You can change the size of the selected area by dragging the tiny squares on the lines and at the corners. You can move the area by dragging the inside area. If you first drag with the [SHIFT] key down to make the selection, you can make a complete square.

Line

Drag and make a straight line. You can move the line by dragging the line. This selection is for drawing a straight line. You cannot fill in the area. (There is no area to fill, to begin with...)

Circle

Drag and make a circle area. Drag the tiny squares at the corners of the lectangle that fits outside the circle, and you can change the size of the circle. Dragging with [SHIFT] key down makes a complete circle.

Polygon

Click, click, click, and you can make a polygonally selected area. Right clicking completes the selection. Drag the tiny squares at the corners and you can change the shape and size, and drag the inside of the selected area, and you can move the area.

Connect Line

Keep on clicking to make continuous straight lines. Right click means the end of it but it does not make a closed area. Consequently, you cannot fill the area with color.

Spline curve

Keep on clicking to make a continuous line but this time a curved line. You can make a smooth curve that goes along the clicked points. Just like Continuous Straight Lines, you cannot fill the area with color, since the area is not closed.

Wire

Drag and the line will stick to a line edge of the picture. Release the mouse button and the line will end. This makes a closed area. You can change the shape by dragging the tiny squares, and you can move the area by dragging the inside of the area.

SeedFill

Click and it will make a selection of the same or similar color in the neighborhood. Here I clicked the center of the face and the skin color is selected. You can change the setting of this function by the O-panel. Increase the figure of "RANGE" and the color detection becomes loose, which means that less similar color starts to get selected, too. "BORDER" determines which layer to use for color detection. Clicking with [SHIFT] key down can select plural distant areas.

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Deselect

Cancel selection. You can re-select the canceled area by clicking [View]-[Selection History] in the top menu.

Show outside border

This is selected when you want to clearly distinguish selected area from non-selected area.
The mode changes every time you click icon.
It can be selected by clicking [selection]-[Show outside border] from the top menu.

This is "Darken"

This is "Check."

This is "Hide."

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