PhotoPlus X2 User Guide - Serif

44 Manipulating Images
• To cancel the selection (select nothing), right-click and choose Deselect, use
the Select menu or press Ctrl+D.
The opposite of selecting nothing is selecting everything:
• To select the entire active layer, press Ctrl+A, or 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.
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.
The Standard Selection Tools flyout includes various tools which can be
used to drag on the image to define a selection region.
• 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).
• 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.