PixelStyle Photo Editor

How to use image marqueetool on Mac?

Selection tool - the use of the marquee tool.

The marquee tool of PixelStyle Photo Editor software plays a very important role in creating, filling and cutting out selections, and is an indispensable part of its use. The selection tool can obtain, change or adjust a certain area of a layer without affecting other layers or areas. Both the rectangular marquee tool and the elliptical marquee tool are the commonly used marquee tools.

The basic steps are as follows:


Step 1. Select the "Rectangular Marquee Tool" or "Elliptical Marquee Tool" in the toolbar.

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Step 2. Choose a selection mode in the Options panel. Lasso Tool has five selection modes available in the Options panel:
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A

New selection

Creates a new selection

B

Add to selection

Adds a new selection to an existing selection

C

Subtract from selection

Subtracts from an existing selection

D

Intersect with selection

Selects the overlap of two selections

E

Invert the Intersected selection

Subtracts the overlap of two selections



Step 3.In the menu bar, in the "Clip" drop-down menu, select operations such as cut or copy.

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Tips:
• The cutting shortcut key is ctrl+X, and the copying shortcut key is ctrl+C.



Cutting the selection as an example.

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Step 4.Paste the cutting selection to another layer and perform rotation operation.

The image selection is placing on the top of other image:

image cut mac


Now you know how to use the marquee tool. More stunning effects could be created. Come and try it out.