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5. Click inside the selection marquee and drag it to the approximate center of
the image.

When the New Selection option is active, you can move a selection marquee by clicking
inside the selected area with the Marquee tool and dragging to the desired area of the
image. Note:
If you want to move
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 a marquee, make sure
(including selection marquees) relative to other objects or to the canvas. the Marquee tool is still
selected. If the Move
tool is active, clicking
inside the marquee and
The Marquee
tool is still active. dragging will actually
move the contents within
“Marching ants” the selection area.
identify the
selected area.
Note:

When creating a new
Click inside the selection with a marquee
selection marquee and tool, pressing Option/
drag to reposition it.
Alt places the center of
the selection marquee
at the point where you
click; when you drag out,
the marquee is created
6. In the Options bar, choose the Subtract from Selection option.
around that point.
7. Click near the waterline at the left edge of the existing selection, drag down
past the bottom edge of the image, and right past the right edge of the Note:
existing selection.
Press Shift to add to
the current selection
Subtract from or press Option/Alt to
Selection is active. subtract from the current
selection.

Click here...
...and drag to here.

The cursor shows a
minus sign because you
are subtracting from
the existing selection.
You only want the city to appear in the ad, so you don’t need the water area of this
image. When you release the mouse button, the selection is the area of the first marquee,
minus the area of the second marquee. (This two-step process isn’t particularly necessary
in this case, but you should know how to add to and subtract from selections.)

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