The Selections tool

As its name suggests, the Selections tool helps you select your working area and confine all edits to that area only. This is helpful when you need to work on a certain region, or a particular element on a layer, without making any changes to the other areas. Tap on the S-shaped icon to invoke the tool, like this:

Figure 5.1: Selections tool

You will notice that there are several options available in the Selections tool. Let’s look at them one by one. The first row consists of four options called selection modes, and the second row has secondary tools.

Automatic selection

This option allows you to select chunks of your art with a single tap. It’s especially useful for artworks containing separate shapes. We can select each bunch of grapes with a single tap, as shown here:

Figure 5.2: Automatic selection

You can change the threshold of the selection. The threshold is a value that can be increased...