Painting pixel selections

Using the Smart Selection Brush Tool you can define a selection by painting on your page.

Default Selection Brush 'expansion' behavior

By default the Smart Selection Brush Tool is set to intelligently expand the selection to include high contrast edges within the design, even if these are not directly painted.

Before
After
Before and after selection painted.

The number of pixels selected is determined by the size (width) of the brush in two ways:

Alternative 'non-expansion' behavior

As an alternative to the expansion method detailed above, the Selection Brush Tool also has a non-expansion method of selection. This method will only select pixels which are under the brush when the stroke is painted.

Non-expansion
Expansion
Difference in selection method between non-expansion (before) and expansion (after).
Pixel Persona Smart Selection Brush Tool To create a pixel selection:
  1. From the Pixel Persona, select Smart Selection Brush Tool.
  2. Adjust the context toolbar settings. (See Smart Selection Brush Tool for details.)
  3. Drag on your page.
Selection Brush Tool To change selection criteria:

With the Smart Selection Brush Tool selected, do any of the following:

Selection Brush Tool To set 'non-expansion' method:

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