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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 Note:
area of the image.
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 the canvas. the Marquee tool is still
selected. If the Move tool
is active, clicking inside
the marquee and drag-
The Marquee
tool is still active. ging will actually move
the contents within the
“Marching ants” selection area.
identify the
selected area.
Note:

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

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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