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                    Select with the marquee tools
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                <div><div class="section"><p>The
marquee tools let you select rectangles, ellipses, and 1‑pixel rows
and columns.</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select a marquee tool:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Rectangular Marquee&#160;<img src="images/P_RectSelect_Lg_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Makes a rectangular selection (or a square, when used
with the Shift key). </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Elliptical
Marquee&#160;<img src="images/P_EllipseSelect_Lg_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Makes an elliptical selection (or a circle, when used with
the Shift key).</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Single Row&#160;<img src="images/P_RowSelect_Lg_N.png" /> or
Single Column&#160;<img src="images/P_ColumnSelect_Lg_N.png" /> Marquee</dt>
<dd>Defines the border as a 1‑pixel‑wide row or column. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify one of the selection options in the options bar.</span> <div class="para"><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="se_20" src="images/se_20.png" /><div class="figdesc">Selection options</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>New</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Add To</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Subtract
From</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Intersect With</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify a feathering setting in the options bar. Turn
anti-aliasing on or off for the Elliptical Marquee tool. See <a href="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76e2a.html">Soften the edges of selections</a>.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For the Rectangle Marquee tool or the Elliptical Marquee
tool, choose a style in the options bar:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Normal</dt>
<dd>Determines marquee proportions by dragging. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Fixed Ratio</dt>
<dd>Sets a height-to-width ratio. Enter values (decimal values
are valid) for the aspect ratio. For example, to draw a marquee
twice as wide as it is high, enter 2 for the width and 1 for the
height. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Fixed
Size</dt>
<dd>Specifies set values for the marquee’s height and width.
Enter pixel values in whole numbers. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
 <div class="para"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" /> In addition to pixels (px) you can
also use specific units such as inches (in) or centimeters (cm)
in height and width values. </div></div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For
aligning your selection to guides, a grid, slices, or document bounds,
do one of the following to snap your selection:</span><ul><li><p>Choose
View&#160;&gt; Snap, or choose View&#160;&gt; Snap To and
choose a command from the submenu. The marquee selection can snap
to a document boundary or to a variety of Photoshop Extras, controlled
in the Snap To submenu.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following to make a selection:</span><ul><li><p>With the Rectangle Marquee tool or the
Elliptical Marquee tool, drag over the area you want to select. </p>
</li>
<li><p>Hold down Shift as you drag to constrain the marquee
to a square or circle (release the mouse button before you release
Shift to keep the selection shape constrained). </p>
</li>
<li><p>To drag a marquee from its center, hold down Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac&#160;OS) after you begin dragging.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="se_01" src="images/se_01.png" /><div class="figdesc">Dragging a marquee from the corner of an image (left), and
from the center of an image (right) by pressing Alt/Option as you
drag</div><br /></div></li>
<li><p>With the Single Row or Single Column Marquee tool,
click near the area you want to select, and then drag the marquee
to the exact location. If no marquee is visible, increase the magnification
of your image view.</p>
</li>
</ul>
 <div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To reposition a rectangle or elliptical
marquee, first drag to create the selection border, keeping the
mouse button depressed. Then hold down the spacebar and continue
to drag. Release the spacebar, but keep the mouse button depressed,
if you need to continue adjusting the selection border.</div></li>
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