Selection Tools

In this Tutorial I will show how to create abstract design by selection tools and filling it with paint tool.
At first, click on “Rectangular Marquee tool” and draw a rectangular selection shape at the center of photo. (Example No.01)

Example No.01: Creating a rectangular selection shape.

Then you can use “Elliptical Marquee Tool” and draw an ellipse selection shape. Also you can add some selection shape to main shape by using shortcut key. First click the selection tool and on keyboard press “Shift” for add multiple selection shape and “Alt” for deletion from main selection shape. (Example No.02)

Example No.02: Add or deletion selection shape by using keyboard shortcuts.

Then, for filling the selection area, you can use Paint tool which is in tool bar. Click on “Paint Tool” and choose your color from switch color and after that click inside the selection area. As you will see just inside the selection area will be filled by selected color. (Example No.03)

Example No.03: Filling selection area with color by paint tool.

In Addition, you can add another shape to current shape which you filled it with color. So outside the main shape create another selection shape and fill it with color and click on “Move Tool” from tool bar and move the new shape into main shape. I chose pink color for main shape and green color for new one. (Example No.04)

Example No.04: making new shape Filling it with color and 

adding it to main shape by “Move Tools”.

Moreover, by click on “Magic Tool” you can select a vast area by the same range of color and again using keyboard shortcuts “Shift” and “Alt” help you to select you area better. So I clicked on “Magic Tool” and then clicked on pink color area. As you can see in example it just selected the pink area and not green one. (Example No.05)

Example No.05: Selection a vast area in the same range color by using “Magic Tool”.