PhotoPlus X6 User Guide - Serif

82 Manipulating Images
To cancel the selection (select nothing):
• From the Select menu, click Deselect.
The opposite of selecting nothing is selecting everything...
To select the entire active layer:
• Choose Select All from the Select menu.
For partial selection of opaque pixels, you can Ctrl-click the layer thumbnail (in
Layers tab).
If your image has multiple layers, and you switch to another layer,
the selection doesn't stay on the previous layer—it follows you to
the new active layer. This makes sense when you realize that the
selection doesn't actually include image content—like an outline
map, it just describes a region with boundaries.
Selection tool options
PhotoPlus offers a very wide range of other selection methods, and a variety of
commands for modifying the extent or properties of the selected pixels—all
available from the Tools toolbar. Note that the selection tools work on
Background and standard layers, but not on text layers or shape layers.
Available
from:
Selection
Tools flyout
Tools
Rectangle Selection Tool—drag out a rectangular
selection area of your chosen size (use the Ctrl key to
constrain to a Square area).
Ellipse Selection Tool—drag out an ellipse selection
area (use Ctrl key to constrain to a circle).
QuickShape Selection Tools flyout—provides
different variable shapes, including pie, star, arrow, heart,
spiral, wave, and so on. The shapes can be further
"morphed" into other custom QuickShapes by dragging
node handles around the QuickShape.