Free-Hand Selection
Overview
Free-Hand Selection allows hand drawn
selection areas. Simply click and drag with
Button1 to create a free-hand selection
area.
Free-Hand Selection Tool Options
Free-Hand Selection Settings
- Feather
The Feather slider sets the amount of feathering to create around the rendered selection area. Feathering softens the edge of the selection by the specified number of pixels. See also: Feather Selection .
- Antialiasing
The Antialiasing button toggles the rendering of aliased edges on the selection boundary. Aliasing produces smoother curves and angles and is recommended for most uses.
Additional Information
Default Keyboard Shortcut: F
Key modifiers:
Ctrl is used to subtract from existing selections.
Alt is used to move an existing selection.
Shift is used to add to existing selections.
Shift-Ctrl is used to produce selection intersections. This is also known as union selections.
 | When moving selections beyond the boundaries of the image, the selection area will be cropped to the image area. Selections cannot exist outside image areas. Selection movements and changes are kept in the undo history just in case. |