Adobe Photoshop Magic Wand Tool

Use the toolbar image map! Jump To Image Ready Screen Layout Quick Mask Color Settings The Zoom Tool The Hand Tool The Note Tools The Color Picker Tools The Shape Tools The Pen Tools The Path Selection Tools The Type Tools The Toning Tools The Distortion Tools The Eraser Tools The Fill Tools The History Brush Tools The Stamp Tools The Retouching Tools The Brush Tools The Slice Tools The Crop Tool The Magic Wand The Lasso Tools The Move Tool The Marquee Tools Magic Wand Tool [W] The Magic Wand tool lets you make a selection based on the consistency of colors in an area of the image. For example, you could use this tool to select the blue sky of an outdoor image without having to trace the outline of the sky. You simply click on the blue area and, if the tolerance values are set correctly, the entire sky will be selected, like magic. You can activate the magic wand tool by pressing W on your keyboard.

Magic Wand Toolbar
     The toolbar for the Magic Wand tool allows you to first set any presets for the magic wand tool. With the next set of buttons you can specify whether to add a new selection, add to an existing selection, subtract from a selection, or select an area intersected by other selections. The cursor for the magic wand changes depending on which option that you choose.
      The tolerance value determines the amount of difference in pixel color that will be included in the selection. The tolerance values range form 0 to 255. A lower number in this setting will select only the colors that are within the pixel range of the tolerance level. A higher number will select colors with more variation from the original color that you click on for the selection.
     Checking the Anti-aliased box will give the selection a smoother edge. With the box un-checked, there is a sharper edge on the selection.
     To select only adjacent areas using the same colors, select Contiguous. Otherwise, all pixels using the same colors will be selected.
     Placing a mark in the Use All Layers box will sample the colors of all layers of the image. Otherwise it will only use the active layer to make the selection.
     If you have a subject in an image that is a consistent color, then the Magic Wand tool is probably the best tool to use to select the subject. It is just a matter of setting the correct tolerance values and clicking on the subject.

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Author: AB 
Date created: December 21, 2002
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