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The image  will open  in Photoshop  with  the  name  of the  file appearing  in the  Title  tab  of the
            document currently being worked upon.




                       SELECTION TOOLS

            Selection  tools  are  used  to  select
            those areas of an image that we                      Subject: Resize the canvas

            wish to modify. A selection isolates                 To resize the canvas, click on the Image menu
            a part of an image so that we can                    Canvas Size  option    type  desired  size  of the
            work on the highlighted area only                    canvas     click on  OK button.
            without  affecting  the rest of the
            image.  Photoshop  provides  us
            with different types of selection tools, let us take a look at how these tools work.


            RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL

            This tool is used to make a rectangular selection. The tool includes Rectangular Marquee tool,
            Elliptical Marquee tool, Single Row Marquee tool and Single Column Marquee tool.

            To select an image using the Marquee tool, follow the given steps:


                                   2  From the list, select the shape of the tool you want for selecting an
                                   object. For example, here we are selecting a rectangular Marquee tool.





              1  Right-click on
             the arrow next to
             the Rectangular
             Marquee tool.

                                                                    3  Click and drag the mouse
                                                                    pointer over the part of the
                                                                    image you want to select.












            The image gets selected and the area inside the animated
            border represents your selection.








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