As we"ve seen in this tutorial, the Magic Wand"s biggest strength is its ability to select large areas of pixels that all share the same or similar color and tone, making it perfect for things like selecting and replacing a simple sky in a photo, or for any image where the object you need to select is in front of a solid or similarly colored background. Like Photoshop"s other selection tools, the trick to using the Magic Wand successfully and avoiding frustration is knowing when to use it and when to try something else.
In Photoshop CS3, Adobe introduced the Quick Selection Tool and nested it in with the Magic Wand, so if you"re using CS3 or later (I"m using Photoshop CS5 here), you"ll need to click on the Quick Selection Tool in the Tools panel and keep your mouse button held down for a second or two until a fly-out menu appears. If you"re using Photoshop CS2 or earlier, you can select the Magic Wand simply by clicking on its icon in the Tools palette.
#HOW TO USE MAGIC WAND TOOL IN PHOTOSHOP CS6 HOW TO#
This tutorial is from our How to make selections in Photoshop series.ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! How To Use The Magic Wand Tool Selecting The Magic Wand In this tutorial, we"re going to look beyond the magic, discover how the wand really works, and learn to recognize the situations that this ancient but still extremely useful selection tool was designed for. Many people tend to get frustrated with the Magic Wand (giving it the unfortunate nickname "tragic wand") because it can sometimes seem like it"s impossible to control which pixels the tool selects.īạn đang xem: Công cụ magic wand tool trong photoshop cs6 Unlike other selection tools that select pixels in an image based on shapes or by detecting object edges, the Magic Wand selects pixels based on tone and color. The Magic Wand Tool, known simply as the Magic Wand, is one of the oldest selection tools in Photoshop.