Outline Selection Tool¶

toolselectoutline

Make Selections by drawing freehand around the canvas. Click and drag to draw a border around the section you wish to select.

Hotkeys and Sticky keys¶

R sets the selection to ‘replace’ in the tool options, this is the default mode.
A sets the selection to ‘add’ in the tool options.
S sets the selection to ‘subtract’ in the tool options.
Shift + sets the subsequent selection to ‘add’. You can release the Shift key while dragging, but it will still be set to ‘add’. Same for the others.
Alt + sets the subsequent selection to ‘subtract’.
Ctrl + sets the subsequent selection to ‘replace’.
Shift + Alt + sets the subsequent selection to ‘intersect’.

Note

You can switch the behaviour of the Alt key to use Ctrl instead by toggling the switch in the General Settings

Anti-aliasing: This toggles whether or not to give selections feathered edges. Some people prefer hard-jagged edges for their selections.