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Enhance values will now apply to the whole image.
If the color-select handles are shown black they are not selected. Click on any handle to select it
(and any other handles that form part of this color selection). You can now adjust the position,
and any Enhance values that are applied to this color-selection.
which you can drag in or
out to resize.
Masking & Region Selection
Sometimes you will want to select colors in only one part of an image. In this case you can use the
Mask or Region selection tools to first mask, or select, the region you want to change. The easiest way
to do this is to use the Mask Painter tool to mask, that is protect areas, or Region Painter Tool to paint
over the area you want to select colors in, before using the Color Select feature.
So for example let’s say I wanted to to change the color of only one of these flowers. The color select
would normally select all flowers as they are similar colors. So, first, using the Region Painter Tool
I just paint a region around the flower I want to change. It doesn’t need to be very accurate. (See below)
Removing individual color-select points
Right-click on a color-select point and select Delete this color point.Selecting, editing or completely removing color-select
Because this color-select, like most photo editing operations in P&GD, is non-destructive, it means you can change, or remove any color selection at any time. To see the color-select points the photo must be selected, you must be in the Enhance Photo Tool and you must have the ‘color-select’ switch on (right icon on InfoBar). This shows all the color-select points. Click and hold on any point to review what area this point affects - this will also highlight any other points that are part of this color-select region. To remove the color-select completely, right-click on a color-select point and choose Delete Color Selection.Resizing color-select points.
The color selected is an average of the colors under the color-select point, so it’s sometimes necessary to resize this control point, especially when trying to select a color that occupies a very small area. Each color select point has four bi-directional arrows around it like this, which you can drag in or
out to resize.
Masking & Region Selection
Sometimes you will want to select colors in only one part of an image. In this case you can use the
Mask or Region selection tools to first mask, or select, the region you want to change. The easiest way
to do this is to use the Mask Painter tool to mask, that is protect areas, or Region Painter Tool to paint
over the area you want to select colors in, before using the Color Select feature.
So for example let’s say I wanted to to change the color of only one of these flowers. The color select
would normally select all flowers as they are similar colors. So, first, using the Region Painter Tool
I just paint a region around the flower I want to change. It doesn’t need to be very accurate. (See below)
Xara Designer Pro X10 release notes
