6. When the selection border is positioned appropriately, release the mouse button.
7. Choose View > Fit On Screen or use the slider in the Navigator panel to reduce the zoom
view so that you can see all of the objects in the image window.Leave the Elliptical Marquee tool and the selection active for the next exercise.
Moving selected pixels with a keyboard shortcut
Now you’ll use a keyboard shortcut to move the selected pixels onto the shadowbox. The
shortcut temporarily switches the active tool to the Move tool, so you don’t need to select it from
the Tools panel.
Note
If you try to move the pixels but Photoshop displays an alert saying “Could not use the
Move tool because the layer is locked,” make sure you start dragging by positioning the
pointer inside the selection.1. If the plate of shells is not still selected, repeat the previous exercise to select it.
2. With the Elliptical Marquee tool ( ) selected in the Tools panel, press Ctrl (Windows) or
Command (Mac), and move the pointer within the selection.The pointer icon now includes a pair of scissors ( ) indicating that the selection will be cut from
its current location.