Editing Selections

1. Open Photoshop. Open Image to work with rectangular marquee tool.

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2. Select Rectangular Marquee Tool from toolbox. Drag on the image. You will get animated selection border. It indicated the area selected by the tool.

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3. Press Shift and drag another rectangle overlapping some part of the previous one. Now release shift key. You will get the addition of the two selections.

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4. If you press Alt key and drag second selection, the overlapping part will get subtracted from the first one.

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5. You can try similar technique using Elliptical Marquee Tool also.

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