<a name="999382"> </a>You can use the Selection Adjuster tool to make changes to your selection. The Select menu also has several options for editing selections.
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<a name="1006118"> </a>Unless otherwise noted, the procedures in this section are possible only with path-based selections.
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<a name="1006114"> </a>Using the Selection Adjuster Tool
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<a name="1006322"> </a>The Selection Adjuster tool lets you move selections. You can also scale, rotate, and skew path-based selections.
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1011125"> </a>You can move a pixel-based selection with the Selection Adjuster tool; however, if a portion moves off the canvas, it is subtracted from the selection. </li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1011164"> </a>You can also move a path-based selection by nudging it with the arrow keys. With the Selection Adjuster tool, click the selection, and then press an arrow key a few times.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1011189"> </a>Click the selection. </li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1011190"> </a>Do one of the following:</li>
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<li class="Bulleted2"><a name="1011191"> </a>Drag a corner handle to scale in two dimensions. If you want to constrain the aspect ratio, hold down <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Shift</span> while you drag.</li>
<li class="Bulleted2"><a name="999427"> </a>Drag a side, top, or bottom handle to scale in one dimension.</li>
<a name="999467"> </a>You can feather both path-based and pixel-based selections to soften the transitions between selected and un-selected areas. If you feather a path-based selection, it is converted to a pixel-based selection to allow varying levels of protection at the edges.
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1005160"> </a>When the selection marquee is shown, feathering may be difficult to see. It is easier to see the effect of feathering if you save the selection to a channel and view the channel. For more information, refer to <a href="13-Channels5.html#1010461">"To view a channel as a colored overlay:"</a>.</li>
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<a name="1002079"> </a>Widening and Contracting Selections
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<a name="1011278"> </a>You can widen or contract a selection by a set number of pixels. When you widen a selection, it is expanded on all sides by the specified number of pixels. When you contract a selection, Corel Painter shrinks it on all sides by the specified number of pixels.
<a name="1002101"> </a><i>The selection - before and after smoothing.
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<a name="999515"> </a>Creating a Border Selection
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<a name="999516"> </a>You can create a selection from the border, or outline, of the current path-based selection. You can customize the border selection by specifying the width.
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<a name="999517"> </a>To create a border selection
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1002115"> </a>In the Border Selection dialog box, enter the number of pixels for the width of the border.</li>
<a name="1002131"> </a><i>A border selection with airbrush strokes applied
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<a name="1002127"> </a>Stroking Selections
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<a name="999532"> </a>You can apply a stroke to a path-based selection. Corel Painter uses the current brush variant, brush size, color, and paper texture to apply a stroke along the border of a selection. This is an excellent way to get brush strokes to follow specific contours.
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<a name="1011396"> </a>You can set the drawing mode to control whether brush strokes are placed inside the selection border, outside the selection border, or on both sides of the selection border. For more information, refer to <a href="12-Selections3.html#998986">"Selecting a Drawing Mode"</a>.
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<a name="999536"> </a>To stroke a selection
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1011369"> </a>Create a path-based selection.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1011370"> </a>Choose the brush variant, color, and paper texture you want to use.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1011373"> </a>On the property bar, type a value in the Size box, or adjust the pop-up slider. </li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="4"><a name="999540"> </a>Click the Drawing Mode icon in the bottom-left corner of the document window, and choose a drawing mode. </li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1011443"> </a>For a unique effect, you can nudge the selection by a few pixels and choose the command again. To nudge the selection, click it with the Selection Adjuster tool, and then press an arrow key a few times.</li>
