{"id":18367,"date":"2021-10-11T00:17:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T00:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/2021\/10\/11\/how-to-expand-selection-in-photoshop\/"},"modified":"2021-10-11T00:17:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T00:17:59","slug":"how-to-expand-selection-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/photoshop\/how-to-expand-selection-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to expand selection in photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Use a <strong>selection<\/strong> tool to make a <strong>selection<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose Select > Modify > <strong>Expand<\/strong> or Contract.<\/li>\n<li>For Expand By or Contract By, enter a pixel value between 1 and 100, and click OK. The border is increased or decreased by the specified number of pixels.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<p>Frequent question, how do I resize a quick selection in Photoshop? <iframe style=\"margin-top:25px;width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8cyK9CO4j6o\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>People ask also, how do you add more to a selection? Select a selection tool, and do one of the following: Hold down Shift (a plus sign appears next to the pointer) to add to the selection, or hold down Alt (Option in Mac OS) to subtract (a minus sign appears next to the pointer) from a <strong>selection<\/strong>. Then select the area to add or subtract and make another selection.<\/p>\n<p>As many you asked, how do I resize a selection? In the Layers panel, select one or more layers that contain images or objects you want to resize. Choose Edit > Free Transform. A transform border appears around all the content on the selected layers. Hold the Shift key to avoid distorting the content, and drag the corners or edges until it is the desired size.<\/p>\n<p>Quick Answer, what is the shortcut to resize an image in <strong>Photoshop<\/strong>? <iframe style=\"margin-top:25px;width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XCKBCH2bN7Q\"><\/iframe>To add to the initial <strong>selection<\/strong>, just click and drag over another area. The Quick Selection tool automatically changes to the Add to <strong>selection<\/strong> option. To subtract from the initial selection, press the Option key (MacOS) or Alt key (Windows) as you select an area you want to remove from the selection.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the command for deselecting a selection?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>To deselect a selection, do one of the following: Use the Deselection icon from the selection controls: Use the shortcut key ALT+SHIFT+C or ALT+C. Use the shortcut key CTRL+SHIFT+Z.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you add a lasso selection?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HgYKKcx4Bhk\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I resize images?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open your image file then click on Edit in the menu.<\/li>\n<li>Choose and click Resize.<\/li>\n<li>Adjust the values as you see fit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How can we resize an object?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Right-click the object. On the shortcut menu, click Format<object type>. In the dialog box, click the Size tab. Under Scale, enter the percentage of the original height or width you want the object resized to.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you manipulate a selection in Photoshop?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the Intersect With Selection option in the options bar, and drag.<\/li>\n<li>Hold down Alt+Shift (Windows) or Option+Shift (Mac OS) and drag over the portion of the original selection you want to select.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>What is Ctrl +J in Photoshop?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Using Ctrl + Click on a layer without a mask will select the non-transparent pixels in that layer. Ctrl + J (New Layer Via Copy) \u2014 Can be used to duplicate the active layer into a new layer. If a selection is made, this command will only copy the selected area into the new layer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>What is the shortcut key to resize an image?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Resize rectangular and oval selections by holding down the the alt (option) and while using the arrow keys. The up and down arrow keys zoom the image in and out. If there is a selection, you must also hold down either the shift or the control key.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>What is the shortcut key of brush tool?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>To select the Brush Tool press the b key.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I stop quick selection tool?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>To undo the last click or drag of the Quick Selection tool, press Ctrl-Z\/Cmd-Z.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I use the selection tool?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zuHwDGlrWSs\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use a selection tool to make a selection. Choose Select > Modify > Expand or Contract. For Expand By or Contract By, enter a pixel value between 1 and 100, and click OK. The border is increased or decreased by the specified number of pixels. Frequent question, how do I resize a quick selection in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}