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How to use Paint 3D’s Magic Select
tool to edit out photobombers
from your photos
The Magic Select tool works great for simple, well-lit objects, but struggles with more
complex scenes. BY MARK HACHMAN
es, you can “magically” remove I’m a fan of simple, free tools that don’t
people and objects out of require any installation or setup, and Magic
photos using Adobe’s expensive Select is one of my favorites (go.pcworld.com/
Y Photoshop application. But did mgsl). You would think Magic Select would be
you know that a simple version of the same found with Windows 10’s Photos app, or even
tool is hidden within Windows 10, for free? Paint, but no—Microsoft hoped that one day
Let’s introduce you to Paint 3D’s Magic we’d all be editing 3D objects, not 2D photos,
Select tool, and teach you how to use it. and reserved Magic Select for the Paint 3D app
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