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Selecting an area of similar colors (magic wand) – Apple Macintosh PhotoFlash User Manual

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Selecting an area of similar colors (Magic Wand)

To select an area of similar colors by using the Magic Wand tool, you must be
working with an image with 256 grays or thousands or millions of colors or
with a CMYK image. Follow these steps:

1

Click the Magic Wand tool to select it.

The Magic Wand tool becomes highlighted, and the pointer changes to a
magic wand when it’s over the image.

2

Click the area of similar colors (or grays) you want to select.

A moving dashed line surrounds the selected area.

You can adjust the sensitivity of the Magic Wand tool so that it selects a lesser
or greater range of colors or grays. The greater the range, the larger the
selection is likely to be.

To set the range of colors selected by the Magic Wand tool, follow these steps:

1

Double-click the Magic Wand tool.

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Working With Selections