The select tool allows you to duplicate, remove, or isolate your selection, creating a new layer in the process.
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Access Select Tool
On the left side of your screen, click on the select tool.
You will have more select tool options pop up on the right side of the screen.
Remove Selection
Click on any of the select tools (lasso, polygonal, circle, or rectangle)
Select remove.
Select how soft you want the edge of the cut to be by moving the softness slider. (0 = sharp edge)
Select the layer you want to work on (located in the bottom right corner)
Go to your project layer and click and drag the mouse over the area you want to remove.
Keep Selection
A way to use the keep feature is to crop out an image to use on a brochure.
Click on any of the select tools (lasso, polygonal, circle, or rectangle.)
Select keep.
Select how soft you want the edge of the cut to be by moving the softness slider. (0 = sharp edge)
Select the layer you want to work on (located in the bottom right corner)
Go to your project layer and click and drag the mouse over the area you want to keep.
Duplicate Selection
Click on any of the select tools (lasso, polygonal, circle, or rectangle)
Select normal.
Select how soft you want the edge of the cut to be by moving the softness slider. (0 = sharp edge)
Select the layer you want to work on (located in the bottom right corner)
Go to your project layer and click and drag the mouse over the area you want to duplicate.
To copy the selection
Command+C (Mac) or Ctrl+V (Windows) on your keyboard to copy.
Command+V (Mac) or Ctrl + V (Windows) on your keyboard to paste. This will create a new layer.
To cut out the selection
Command+X (Mac) or Ctrl + V (Windows) on your keyboard to copy.
Command+X (Mac) or Ctrl + V (Windows) on your keyboard to paste. This will create a new layer
Other Features
Click reset selected to reset back to the original.
If you removed a selection and would rather change it to keep the selection, use the invert selected to reverse the action.