Selections

A selection is a feature for working on and editing a specific area of the canvas.

The main uses are:

Moving or transforming part of the picture
Copying part of the picture
Drawing without going outside the selection (masking)

Tip

You can move, transform, and copy multiple layers at once by selecting them.

Selecting

You mainly select areas with the selection tools.

Deselecting

Select > Deselect in the menu bar
Right-click outside the selection with the Rectangular Marquee Tool or the Magic Wand Tool

Moving

Click inside the selection and drag to move it.

When there is a selection, the selection menu appears in the upper left of the canvas. From here you can flip, rotate, and transform the image inside the selection.

These operations apply to the selected layers.

Item	Description
	Flip Horizontal Flips the image horizontally.
	Flip Vertical Flips the image vertically.
	Rotate 90° Counterclockwise Rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise.
	Rotate 90° Clockwise Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise.
	Transform Scales and rotates the image.
	Kebab menu Select All `Ctrl`+`A` Selects the whole canvas. Deselect Clears the selection. Invert Selection Swaps the selected and unselected areas. Clear Image `Backspace` Erases the image inside the selection. Shift Color Indices Shifts the color indices (positions in the palette) inside the selection.

Tip

You can also do these operations from the menu that appears when you right-click the selection, or from the menu bar.

Copy & paste

You can copy the selection with Edit > Copy in the menu bar.

You can paste the copied image with Edit > Paste, or paste it into other graphics software.

Info

Pasting normally pastes the image directly onto the current layer, but you can choose Edit > Paste as New Layer to create a new layer and paste the image there.

Also, if you copied images from multiple layers and paste right away, they are pasted onto the same layers. If you have changed the selected layers or done something similar in the meantime, they are pasted onto new layers automatically.