Creating pixel selections

A pixel selection is simply a drawn area on your image (bounded by a flashing dashed line, often called 'marching ants'). Various tools for pixel selections are available in the Pixel Persona. A selection is created for various reasons:

• To limit editing (e.g., painting, applying fills, etc.) to within that selection area only.
• To selectively copy pixels.
• As a precursor to creating a mask layer.
• To draw areas for removal (cutout).

Selection boundaries are defined depending on whether individual pixels are included or excluded.

Once your selection has been created, you can invert it so all included pixels are excluded and vice versa.

Selection tools

You can create a pixel selection using the Selection Brush Tool or Marquee Selection Tools or base it on a layer. Using the Flood Select Tool, you can also define a selection of similar color value pixels with a single click. Selections created using the Marquee tools align to individual pixels.

Once your selection has been created, you can invert it so all included pixels are excluded and vice versa.

There are several tools you can use to create pixel selections:

• Selection Brush Tool (see Selection Brush Tool)
• Flood Select Tool (see Flooding pixel selections)
• Rectangular Marquee Tool
• Elliptical Marquee Tool
• Column Marquee Tool
• Row Marquee Tool
• Freehand Selection

Selection modes

When working with, and creating, selections, you may have access to the following Modes which affect how your selection develops:

• New—cancels all current selections and creates a new selection.
• Add—adds areas to the current selection. If there is no selection in place, a new selection will be created.
• Subtract—removes areas from the current selection.
• Intersect—a new selection area is created from the overlap between the newly added selection area and the current selection.