![]() To turn your mask into a selection border when you are done painting in Mask mode, choose “Selection” from the “Mode” drop-down or choose another tool in the Toolbox. If you choose to paint in Mask mode, remember you are choosing the pixels you don’t want to select. If you accidentally select pixels you don’t want to include, press the “Alt” key on your keyboard and paint over the mistakenly selected area.Ī picture of a user making a selection with the Selection Brush Tool in Photoshop Elements. Every brush stroke adds to the selection. As you paint in Selection mode, a selection border appears. Then paint the pixels to select or not select in the image, depending upon which mode you chose. Finally, select a brush from the Brush Presets Picker, choose a brush size, and adjust the hardness. ![]() In addition, you must also select an overlay opacity by using the “Overlay” slider or entering a percentage into the adjacent field. You can use the default red color or choose your own by clicking into the Color Picker that appears. An overlay is a layer of color, shown on the screen only, that shows unselected areas. If you choose “Mask,” you must also choose an overlay color. Choose “Selection” to paint pixels to select or “Mask” to paint pixels to not select. The default behavior is “Add.” To choose whether to apply a selection or a mask to the pixels to select, use the “View as a selection or a mask” drop-down to the right of that. In the Tool Options Bar, select whether the tool will add or subtract from the selection by clicking the desired “Add to selection” or “Subtract from selection” button. To use the Selection Brush Tool in Photoshop Elements, choose the Selection Brush Tool from the Toolbox and, if necessary, the Tool Options Bar. With this tool, you can either paint the pixels you want to select or the pixels you don’t want to select. The Selection Brush Tool in Photoshop Elements gives a more natural feel of painting on a canvas when making a selection. ![]() Overview of How to Use the Selection Brush Tool in Photoshop Elements:
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