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                    About selections in Vanishing Point
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WS67199DB9-B09A-4027-862A-DB06C5C77ACAa"><h1 class="topictitle1">Make selections in Vanishing Point</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS2AB6C5DE-D073-416c-B55E-8ECD403333C4a"><h1 class="topictitle1">Move selections in Vanishing Point</h1>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><p>Selections can be helpful when you’re painting or retouching
to correct flaws, add elements, or enhance an image. In Vanishing
Point, making selections let you paint or fill specific areas in
an image while honoring the perspective defined by the planes in
the image. Selections can also be used to clone and move specific image
content in perspective. </p>
<p>Using the Marquee tool in Vanishing Point, you draw a selection
within a perspective plane. If you draw a selection that spans more
than one plane, it wraps to conform to the perspective of each plane. </p>
<p>Once a selection is drawn, you can move it anywhere in the image
and maintain the perspective established by the plane. If your image
has multiple planes, the selection conforms to the perspective of
the plane it’s moved through. </p>
<div class="para">Vanishing Point also lets you clone the image pixels in a selection
as it is moved in an image. In Vanishing Point, a selection containing
image pixels that you can move anywhere in the image is called a <dfn class="term">floating
selection</dfn>. Although not on a separate layer, the pixels in
a floating selection seem to be a separate layer hovering above
the main image. While active, a floating selection can be moved, rotated,
or scaled. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>When you paste an item into Vanishing Point, the
pasted pixels are in a floating selection.</div>
</div>
<p>Clicking outside a floating selection deselects it. Once deselected,
a floating selection’s content is pasted into the image, replacing
the pixels that were below it. Cloning a copy of a floating selection
also deselects the original. </p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tr_floatingselection" src="images/tr_floatingselection.png" /><div class="figdesc"></div><br /></div><p>Vanishing Point has another move option for selections. You can
fill the selection with pixels from the area where the pointer is
moved. </p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tr_26" src="images/tr_26.png" /><div class="figdesc">Copying a selection and moving a selection from one perspective
plane to another</div><br /></div></div>
<div id="WS67199DB9-B09A-4027-862A-DB06C5C77ACAa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS67199DB9-B09A-4027-862A-DB06C5C77ACAa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Make selections in Vanishing Point</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the Marquee tool.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>(Optional) In the tool options area, enter values for
any of the following settings before making the selection:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Feather</dt>
<dd>Specifies how much to blur the edges of the selection.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Opacity</dt>
<dd>Specify this value if you plan to use the selection to
move image content. This option determines how much the moved pixels
obscure or reveal the image underneath. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Heal menu</dt>
<dd>Choose a blending mode if you plan to use a selection
to move image content. This option determines how the moved pixels
blend with the surrounding image: <ul><li><p>Choose Off so the
selection doesn’t blend with the colors, shadows, and textures of
the surrounding pixels.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose Luminance to blend the selection with the lighting
of the surrounding pixels.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose On to blend the selection with the color, lighting,
and shading of surrounding pixels.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Drag the tool in a plane. You can make a selection that
spans more than one plane. Hold the Shift key to constrain the selection
to a square that’s in perspective. </span> <div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tr_41" src="images/tr_41.png" /><div class="figdesc">Selection spanning more than one plane</div><br /></div><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>To
select an entire plane, double-click the Marquee tool in the plane.</div>
</li>
</ol>
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<div id="WS2AB6C5DE-D073-416c-B55E-8ECD403333C4a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS2AB6C5DE-D073-416c-B55E-8ECD403333C4a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Move selections in Vanishing Point</h3><div><ol><li><span>Make a selection in a perspective plane.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose one of the following from the Move Mode menu to
determine the behavior when you move a selection:</span><ul><li><p>To select the area you move the selection
marquee to, choose Destination.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To fill the selection with the image pixels in the
area where you drag the Selection tool pointer to (same as Ctrl-dragging
or Command-dragging a selection), choose Source.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>Drag the selection. Hold down the Shift key to constrain
the move so it is aligned with the grid of the perspective plane.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WS13F2AE66-B401-478f-959F-B43C945AC74Ba" class="nochunk"><a name="WS13F2AE66-B401-478f-959F-B43C945AC74Ba"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Move, rotate and scale floating selections</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do any of the following:</span><ul><li><p>To move a floating selection, select the
Marquee or Transform tool, click inside the selection and drag.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To rotate a floating selection, select the Transform
tool and move the pointer near a node. When the pointer changes
to a curved double arrow, drag to rotate the selection. You can
also select the Flip option to flip the selection horizontally along
the vertical axis of the plane or select the Flop option to flip the
selection vertically along the horizontal axis of the plane.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tr_24" src="images/tr_24.png" /><div class="figdesc">Transform tool options</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Original selection</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Flop</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Flip</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></li>
<li><p>To scale a floating selection, make sure that it
is in a perspective plane. Select the Transform tool and move the
pointer on top of a node. When the pointer changes to a straight
double arrow drag to scale the selection. Press the Shift key to
constrain the aspect ratio as you scale. Press Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac&#160;OS) to scale from the center.</p>
</li>
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