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Using the Marquee Tool

The Marquee tool selects rectangular portions of the bitmap.

With the bitmap selected, from the Bitmap Edit toolbar:

  1. Select the Marquee tool.
  2. Click and drag the cursor over the bitmap.
  3. After creating one marquee, you can add or subtract areas:
  4. Once drawn, click inside the marquee and drag it to move the marquee to the desired position.

    Original bitmap with a marquee

    Dragging while holding Shift

    Final marquee

    Original bitmap with a marquee

    Dragging while holding Ctrl (command in Macintosh)

    Final marquee

See Also

Defining Marquees

Selecting the Entire Bitmap

Using the Lasso Tool

Using the Magic Wand Tool

Clearing Marquees

Inverting Marquees

Converting Objects to Marquees

Converting Marquees to Objects