Where Is The Magic Wand Tool In Photoshop For Mac
When it comes to selecting nice solid areas of a photograph, nothing beats the Magic Wand Tool.It’s fast, accurate and customizable. In reality, there aren’t many alternative tools in Adobe Photoshop that are as intuitive and flexible as this one is.
- Where is the magic wand tool in photoshop cc saraabc Jan 17, 2014 1:44 AM ive tried clicking on quick selection brush tool but magic wand icon not there?
- The Magic Wand selection tool has been around since Photoshop was in its infancy and Elements was not yet a twinkle in Adobe’s eye. It’s extremely easy to use, but a little harder to predict what selection results it will present. Here’s how it works: You click inside the image, and the Magic.
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Photoshop has a number of tools designed to allow you to select objects, including the Polygonal Lasso, Magic Wand and Rectangular Marquee tools. Each of these tools is easily accessible via the main Photoshop toolbar. How to deselect objects is somewhat less obvious. You can deselect objects by clicking menu items with your mouse or by using key combinations on your computer’s keyboard.
With Your Mouse
1.Click the window containing the selection you’d like to deselect to ensure it’s active. Selected objects are surrounded in dotted or dashed lines.
2.Click “Select” on the main Photoshop menu. A drop-down menu appears.
3.Click “Deselect” on the drop-down menu. All active selection areas are deactivated.
With Your Keyboard
1.Click the window containing the active selection you want to deselect.
2.Press and hold the “Control” key on your keyboard.
3.Press the “D” key on your keyboard while continuing to hold down the “Control” key. All active selection areas are deselected.
Tip
- On a Mac, use the “Command” key rather than the “Control” key when performing deselection procedures using your keyboard.
Warning
- If you accidentally deselect something, reselect it by clicking “Select” on the main Photoshop menu and then clicking “Reselect” from the drop-down menu that appears.
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Photoshop's Magic Wand Tool makes selections based on color similarities.
This feature works the same in all recent versions of Adobe Photoshop: CS5, CS6, and Creative Cloud (CC).
What Does The Magic Wand Tool Do
To use the Magic Wand Tool :
Vupoint Magic Wand Tool
- Go to File > Open and navigate to an image. In this example, we will use an image of an eagle with a blue sky background.
- Go to File > Save As and rename the file. This is a practical way to make sure you keep an original copy of the image.
- Go to the Toolbar, click and hold on the Quick Selection Tool, and select the Magic Wand Tool.
- Click and release on the area you want to select. In this case, we have clicked on the blue sky above the eagle. Most of the sky will be selected, but there may be an area that isn't if there is a gradient in color there.
- Hold down the Shift key and then click on any area that was left unselected. Notice that while the Shift key is held down, a small plus sign appears next to the cursor indicating that you will be adding to the selection. The Alt (PC)/Option (Mac) key would produce a minus sign in the cursor, allowing you to subtract from a selection.
- Go to the Select menu and choose Inverse to flip-flop the selected area, so now the object in your image (in this case the eagle) is selected. Inversing is a useful technique for isolating an image area that is against a solid, uniform background color.
- Zoom in on the object and then go to the Filter > Sharpen menu and select Unsharp Mask.
- In the Unsharp Mask dialog box, enter 200 in the Amount field, and 20 in the Threshold field. This will increase the detail in the image by accentuating the highlight and shadow. You can adjust these numbers to suit your image. Toggle the Preview on and off to see the difference. Click OK.