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Selecting
• Add To Selection to add the current selection to
the saved selection.
• Subtract From Selection to subtract the current
selection from the saved selection.
• Intersect With Selection to replace the saved
selection with the intersection between the
current selection and the saved selection.
5 Click OK.
To load a saved selection:
1 Open an image that contains a saved selection.
2 Choose Select > Load Selection.
3 Choose the saved selection from the Selection
menu.
4 To invert the selected area, select Invert.
5 Click OK.
To modify a selection with a saved selection:
1 Open an image that contains a saved selection.
2 Make a new selection in your image.
3 Choose Select > Load Selection.
4 Choose a saved selection from the Selection
menu.
5 Select one of the following operations:
• Add To Selection to add the saved selection to
the current selection.
• Subtract From Selection to subtract the saved
selection from the current selection.
• Intersect With Selection to replace the current
selection with the intersection between the
current selection and the saved selection.
6 To invert the selected area, select Invert.
7 Click OK.
To delete a saved selection:
1 Choose Select > Delete Selection.
2 Choose a saved selection from the Selection
menu, and click OK.
Deleting selected areas
To delete a selected area in your image, choose
Edit > Clear, or press Backspace (Windows) or
Delete (Mac OS). To cut a selection to the
Clipboard, choose Edit > Cut.
If you delete a selection on a background layer or
a layer that uses the Lock Transparency option
(located in the Layers palette), Photoshop
Elements replaces the selected area with the
current background color, which appears in the
toolbox.