PhotoPlus X6 User Guide - Serif

Lasso
Tools flyout
directly from
toolbar
from the Select
menu
Text
Tools flyout
Manipulating Images 83
Freehand Selection Tool—lets you draw a freehand
(irregular) line which is closed automatically to create an
irregularly shaped selection area.
Polygon Selection Tool—lets you draw a series of
straight-line segments (double-click to close the polygon).
Magnetic Selection Tool—lets you trace around an
object edge creating a selection line that snaps to the edge
as you drag.
Magic Wand Tool—lets you select a region based
on the colour similarity of adjacent pixels—simply click a
starting pixel then set a Tolerance from the context
toolbar. It works much like the fill tool, but the result is a
selected region rather than a region flooded with a colour.
Smart Selection Brush—lets you create your
selection as a series of brush strokes.
Paint to Select mode—lets you use standard painting or
editing tools as selection tools.
Text Selection Tool—lets you create a selection in
the form of text. Click with the tool to display the Text
cursor. Type your text, format as needed, and click OK.
(See Creating and editing text on p. 150.)