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

Note:
7. In the Options bar, choose the Subtract from Selection option. Command/Control-
clicking a layer
8. Click outside the top-left corner of the image, drag down and right to thumbnail results in
create a selection area that is wider than the original selection area and a selection around the
approximately 2″ high. contents of that layer.

Subtract from
Selection
is active.
The cursor shows a
minus sign because you
are subtracting from
the existing selection.

Note:

When the New Selection
option is active, you can
move a selection marquee
Click here... ...and drag to here. by clicking inside the

selected area with the
When you release the mouse button, the area you drew in this step is removed from the
original selection area: Marquee tool and
dragging to the desired
area of the image.

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 selection
marquees) relative to
other objects or to the
canvas.

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