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6. Choose the New Selection option in the Options bar. Click outside of the Note:
top-left corner, drag down past the bottom edge of the image, and drag
right to create a selection area that is approximately 20.5″ wide. Press Shift while drag-
ging a new marquee to
You can’t select an area larger than the current canvas, so the top, left, and bottom constrain the selection
edges of the selection snap to the canvas edges. The live cursor feedback, as well as the to a square (using the
mark on the horizontal ruler, help to determine the selection area’s width.
Rectangular Marquee
tool) or circle (using
the Elliptical Marquee
tool).
Selection
marquee
“Marching ants”
identify the
Rectangular selected area.
Marquee
tool cursor

Note:
Command/Control-
7. In the Options bar, choose the Subtract from Selection option. clicking a layer thumb-
8. Click outside the top-left corner of the image, and drag down and right nail results in a selection
to create a selection area that is wider than the original selection area and around the contents of
approximately 2″ high. that layer.
Subtract from
Selection The cursor shows a
is active. minus sign because you
are subtracting from
the existing selection.

Note:

When the New Selection
option is active, you can
move a selection mar-
quee by clicking inside
the selected area with
the Marquee tool and
Click here... ...and drag to here.
dragging to the desired
When you release the mouse button, the area you drew in this step is removed from area of the image.
the original selection area:
The live cursor feedback
shows how far you have
moved the area. The
pink horizontal lines
that appear as you drag
are smart guides, which
help you to reposition
objects (including selec-
tion marquees) relative
to other objects or to the
canvas.

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