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rectangle or shape over the object you want to select, and the tool determines
your object’s edges. The earlier Quick Selection tool had you scribble on the
object you want to select. I prefer Quick over Auto, since getting the right shape
size and placement is a tad trickier than simply scribbling over the object.
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and outer selection circumferences. The brilliance of the tool is that it switches
between adding and subtracting from your selection depending on whether
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usually means adding those stray hairs to it. The tool worked impressively on a
photo of my niece’s Shih Tzu puppy.
The Photomerge Group Shot tool lets you get the best expression on each
person from a series of group shots. You can, for example, give one person’s
face their eyes from another shot. Scene Cleaner lets you remove passers-by
from a landscape or famous site. Exposure, also called high dynamic range
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clouds in the sky from one picture, and a forest below from a second shot.
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easy way to make a sky bluer or darken areas of an image.
One trick missing is CyberLink PhotoDirector’s Multiple Exposure, which can
automatically build impressive action images with multiple instances of your
protagonist.