Chapter 7

Manipulating Selections

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Making a selection in Photoshop Elements isolates a specific area of your image. This chapter shows you how to move, stretch, erase, and work with a selection. You can use these selection techniques to rearrange people and objects in your image, enlarge elements to make them stand out, or delete them altogether.

Add to or Subtract from a Selection

Move a Selection

Apply the Content-Aware Move Tool

Hide Flaws by Duplicating a Selection

Delete a Selection

Rotate a Selection

Scale a Selection

Skew or Distort a Selection

Refine the Edge of a Selection

Use Feathering to Create a Soft Border

Add to or Subtract from ...

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