Magic wand

[ElfieRae]

I've been trying and trying to get the magic wand (removing parts of images out of their origional image) to work for me, and all the tutorials i have tried just confuse me more.

Can someone help me with this please?

and possibly help with making a picture look glossy?

[Chris49]

Hey ElfieRae welcome to the site. Maybe this will help you a bit :)

The Magic Wand tool lets you select a consistently colored area (for example, a red flower) without having to trace its outline. You specify the color range, or tolerance, for the Magic Wand tool’s selection.

In the options bar, specify any of the following:

Tolerance Determines the similarity or difference of the pixels selected. Enter a value in pixels, ranging from 0 to 255. A low value selects the few colors very similar to the pixel you click. A higher value selects a broader range of colors.

Anti-aliased Defines a smooth edge.

Contiguous Selects only adjacent areas using the same colors. Otherwise, all pixels in the entire image using the same colors are selected.

Sample All Layers Selects colors using data from all the visible layers. Otherwise, the Magic Wand tool selects colors from the active layer only.

[Dave]

Just a clarification .... the magic wand is not a removal tool it is a selection tool. In order to remove the selected area you need to hit the delete key ....

[ElfieRae]

Thanks for trhe welcome :)

(entered my first constest tonight)

And thanks for the help :) That helped me out a TON :D

[magic_fella]

The Magic Eraser tool does the same thing as the Magic Wand tool...in that it selects a pre-defined range of colors. The only difference is that the Magic Eraser (oddly enough) erases what you've chosen.

One more little piece of advice for you...admittedly unsolicited...make a copy of your pic before you start hacking away at it. That way you can go back if....I mean WHEN...you make one of those oh-my-God-WHAT-HAVE-I-DONE???? mistakes.

David