Isabella Flores
Selecting an area in a digital art program like Paint or MediBang Paint and deleting it can be done in a few simple steps. The first step is to select the desired area using a selection tool, such as the Rectangle Select tool in Paint or the Shape Selection Tool in MediBang Paint. After making the selection, you can choose to invert it, expand or shrink it, or deselect it if needed. Finally, to delete the selected area, simply press the Delete or Del key, or choose Edit and then Erase Selection from the menu. With these basic selection and editing tools, you can precisely control which areas of your digital artwork to keep or remove.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Shape Selection Tool | Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon |
| Selection Tool | Bucket Tool, Transform Tool, Auto Selection Tool, Selection Eraser Tool |
| Selection Operations | Expand, Contract, Inverse, Deselect, Highlight Outside |
| Selection Modifications | Add to Selection, Cut Down Selection |
| Deleting Outside Selection | Ctrl + I (invert selection) then Del |
| Cropping to Selection | Ctrl + Shift + X |
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What You'll Learn
Selecting a rectangular area
To select a rectangular area in Paint, you can use the Rectangle Selection Tool. This tool is used to define rectangular or square selections. To create a rectangular selection, simply click, hold, and drag your mouse to form the shape. The initial click will be one corner of the rectangle, and moving your pointer will resize the selection so that the opposite corner matches your pointer location.
To ensure that your rectangle remains a square, hold down the Shift key while dragging. This will force the height and width of the shape to remain equal. You can also access different modes that dictate how the selection is sized as you drag it out. For example, you can lock the height and width of the selection in a specified ratio.
Once you've made your rectangular selection, you can perform editing operations within that area. To edit outside of the selection, you'll need to either add a new area to the selection or deselect the active selection. When a selection is active, it will be indicated by a dashed moving outline, known as "dancing ants."
If you want to delete everything outside of your rectangular selection, press Ctrl + I to invert the selection and then press the Delete key. Alternatively, you can use the Crop to Selection feature by pressing Ctrl + Shift + X after selecting the area you want to keep.
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Inverting the selection
To select an area in Paint and delete the surrounding parts of the image, you can use the 'invert selection' function. This will allow you to keep the rectangular area you have selected and delete the rest of the image outside of the rectangle.
Firstly, you need to select the area you want to keep. To do this, you can use one of the selection tools. There are four tools to choose from: three shape selection tools and the Magic Wand selection tool. The shape selection tools allow you to draw a freeform selection, or choose a rectangle, square, ellipse or circle. The Magic Wand tool selects areas with similar colours.
Once you have made your selection, you can invert it. This will deselect the area you have chosen and select everything else. To invert the selection, press Ctrl + I on your keyboard.
After inverting the selection, you can delete the newly selected area by pressing the 'Del' key. This will remove the selected area, leaving only the rectangle you originally selected.
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Using the selection eraser tool
The Selection Eraser Tool is a useful feature when you want to clean up detailed areas of an illustration. It allows you to erase specific areas within a selection without affecting the rest of the image. This tool is available in programs such as MediBang Paint and Paint.NET.
To use the Selection Eraser Tool, start by creating your desired selection. In MediBang Paint, you can use the "Selection Pen Tool" to make detailed selections. Paint.NET offers various selection shapes, including rectangles, ellipses, and polygons. After creating your selection, click on the "Selection Eraser" tool, represented by an icon resembling an eraser, to activate it. Now, you can start erasing the selected area.
Adjusting the eraser size is crucial for precise erasing. In MS Paint, you can find the Eraser Tool under the pencil icon. Clicking on "Size" reveals four preset sizes to choose from. If these sizes don't meet your needs, you can manually adjust the eraser size by simultaneously pressing the "CTRL" key and the "+" or "-" key on your numeric keypad.
Additionally, the Eraser Tool in Paint.NET offers advanced options. You can choose between aliased (jagged) and antialiased (smoothed) edges for your selection boundary. Lowering the Alpha value associated with the Eraser Tool softens its effect, allowing for partial transparency in the erased areas.
By following these steps and utilizing the features of the Selection Eraser Tool, you can efficiently erase specific areas within your selected region, making it a valuable tool for editing and refining your digital artwork.
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Selecting multiple areas at once
There are several ways to select multiple areas at once in Paint, depending on the specific software you are using.
Paint.NET
To select multiple areas at once in Paint.NET, you can utilise the selection modes: Replace, Add, Subtract, Intersect, and Invert ("xor"). These modes determine how successive selections interact with each other. For instance, the "Add" mode allows you to add new selections to any previous selections, enabling you to select multiple areas simultaneously.
MediBang Paint
In MediBang Paint, you can use the "Auto Selection" tool, which automatically creates a selection along the part surrounded by a line and colour form. You can also use the "Selection Pen" for more detailed selections. While making selections, you can hold the CTRL/Command key to cut down or remove specific areas from your selection.
Paint 3D
In Paint 3D, you can use the "Magical Select" tool to select multiple areas at once. First, import your photo by clicking "Menu" and then "Browse Files," or by pasting it into the main white area. Then, click "Magical Select" on the top bar and adjust the selection box to include the areas you want to select. Click "Next," and any area within the blue outline will be selected. To remove specific spots from the selection, click and drag the cursor over those areas, then click "Done."
Clip Studio Paint
For Clip Studio Paint, while there is no direct mention of selecting multiple areas simultaneously, you can use keyboard modifiers to select additional areas or deselect partial selections. For example, you can use the 'Shift' key to add to your selection or the 'Alt' key to delete part of it.
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Editing outside the current selection
To edit an area outside the current selection in Paint, you must first add the new area to the selection or deselect the current selection. This is because editing operations are confined to the active selection in Paint.
There are several ways to add to a selection in Paint. One way is to use the "Add" selection mode, which allows you to make multiple selections at once. Another way is to hold down the Alt key while creating another selection, which will add the new selection to the original one. You can also use the "Intersect" mode to keep only the overlapping selection areas and discard the non-overlapping areas.
If you want to deselect the current selection, you can click anywhere off-canvas with one of the Selection Tools active. You can also use the "Ctrl + A" keyboard shortcut to select the entire image and then use the mouse scroll wheel to scroll up and down the image to make a smaller selection. Additionally, you can use the "Ctrl + Arrow Keys" shortcut to scroll sideways while selecting.
Once you have added the new area to the selection or deselected the current selection, you can use the editing tools in Paint to make your desired changes.
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Frequently asked questions
To delete an area in Paint.NET, first, select the rectangular area you want to keep, then select Edit -> Invert Selection. You can then delete the selection by selecting Edit -> Erase Selection. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl + I to invert the selection and then press Del to delete it.
Any new selection will be added to any previous selections, allowing multiple areas to be selected at once. You can use any selection tool to make additions to your selection.
To cancel your selection in MediBang Paint, click "Select" -> "Deselect" from the menu or click the "Deselect" button on the toolbar at the top of the main window.
