You can use selections to isolate an area of the canvas to apply effects or transformations, while protecting the unselected areas from the changes.
Corel Painter supports two types of selections: path-based and pixel-based. The method that you use to create a selection determines its type.
You can covert a pixel-based selection to a path-based selection. For more information, see To convert a pixel-based selection to a path-based selection.
The following table describes the various methods for using selections.
The following table describes all of the available selections tools.
Creates rectangular and square selections (path-based). For more information, see To make a rectangular or square selection.
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Creates oval selections (path-based). For more information, see To make an oval or a circular selection.
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Creates freehand selections (path-based). For more information, see Make a freehand selection.
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Selects an area based on different points set in an image which are anchored by straight line segments (path-based). For more information, see Make a freehand selection with straight-edged segments.
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Selects pixels of similar color by clicking or dragging in an image (pixel-based). For more information, see To select an area by using the Magic Wand tool.
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Lets you create a freehand selection by painting. For more information, see To make a freehand selection by painting.
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Selection brushes let you create freehand selections by painting. Explore the collection of Selection brush variants in Corel Painter to find some useful brushes or create your own custom variants. For more information, see Selecting areas by painting and Selection brushes.
In Corel Painter, each new selection automatically replaces the current selection, therefore, you need to store a selection in order to reuse it. Corel Painter includes two options for storing the selections that you want to reuse.