Use selection to apply changes to specific parts of your work.
Make a selection using a wide variety of selection tools.
Lasso - trace around the desired content
Rect - drag out a rectangle to select the desired content
Wand - select pixels by tone and color by touching the desired area
Brush - add texture or create soft selections using your favorite brushes. This is comparable to Photoshop’s Quick Mask Tool
Color - select areas by color range
After using the Lasso or the Rect, a list of options will pop up in the center of the screen.
Transform - transform the selected content. When finished, the content will be added back to the selected layer
Brush - create a brush from the selected content
Erase - erase the selected content on the current layer
Cut - move the selected content to a new layer and transform
Copy - copy the selected content to a new layer and transform
Clip - copy the selected content to the Clipboard. You can import clipboard content into other projects
Add - add the selected area to the selection mask and continue developing the selection mask
Subtract - subtract the selected area from the selection mask and continue developing the selection mask
Intersect - merge the selection mask with the selected area, keeping only the common area they both share and continue developing the selection mask
Symmetry - copy the selected content to a new layer and duplicate the content in a symmetric, fan-like fashion
Path - copy the selected content to a new layer and duplicate the content along a path
Quilt - copy the selected content to a new layer and duplicate the content horizontally and vertically
When using selection tools or when a mask is active, an icon will appear beside the layers icon.
Select All - fill the selection mask
Invert - make all selected pixels unselected, and all unselected pixels selected
Clear - clear the selection mask
Expand - increases the size of the selection mask by one pixel along the border of the selection
Contract - decreases the size of the selection mask by one pixel along the border of the selection
Transform - transform the selected content. When finished, the content will be added back to the selected layer
Fill - use the selection mask to fill in the current layer with a color
Stroke - use the selection mask to fill in the current layer with color around the border of the selection
Delete - use the selection mask to delete content from the current layer
You may want to select the content of a layer or use a layer’s content to subtract from the selection mask. Press the overflow button at the bottom of the layer options panel for these options.
Select - replace the selection mask with the content of the current layer
Add - add the content of the current layer to the selection mask
Subtract - subtract the content of the current layer from the selection mask
Subtract (reverse) - subtract the content of the selection mask from the current layer and apply the result to the selection mask
Intersect - merge the selection mask with the content of the current layer, keeping only the common area they both share
Difference - merge the selection mask with the content of the current layer, keeping only the common area they both do not share
Clip below - Mask the current layer with the layer below it. (See Clipping Mask section)
When a mask is active, a new layer will display on the layers bar named Mask. Click on this layer to bring up options.
Color - the color of the selection mask. The default color is red
Opacity - the opacity of the selection mask
Hide / Show - hide or show the selection mask
Transform - move, scale, or rotate the selection mask
Clear - clear the selection mask
Click on the circle in the top-left corner to toggle on and off the selection mask. When active, all paint strokes will mask to the selection mask. Long-press the circle to quickly clear the selection mask.
A clipping mask is a layer that masks onto the layer below it. Here is an example with two layers:
Notice how the image of the galaxy masks onto the black text layer. This is a powerful and often overlooked feature.
You can quickly toggle a layer as a clipping mask by sweeping right on the layer thumb. An arrow, pointing down to the layer below it will show beside a layer that is considered a clipping mask.
