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HERE’S HOW PAINT 3D’S MAGIC SELECT TOOL

within Windows 10.
Fortunately, it’s as easy to

edit a 2D photo within
Paint 3D as Paint, though

you’ll have to ignore the
vast majority of the user
interface to do so.

WHAT MAGIC

SELECT CAN
AND CAN’T DO

What can Magic Select do
for you? Two things. First,

you can select and remove The original photo
(go.pcworld.com.
a photo or an object from a
cara) is credited
scene, and put them in to Cara Neil, on
front of an entirely new Flickr, in the public
domain. Edits to the
backdrop—or just give
second photo were
them their own photo, as made by IDG’s Mark
we’ve done here. (We’ve Hachman, including
cropping and
used a photo in the public moving the woman
domain [go.pcworld.com/ to a separate part of
the scene.
publ] from Flick for
demonstration purposes only—we hope the
couple is very happy together!) You can see

the original, followed by the edited photo.
Secondly, if you remove a person or an
object from a scene, Magic Select will

algorithmically fill in the backdrop that was You’ll likely quickly notice the limitations of
“behind” the person or object. In the scene Magic Select: If you try to edit a complex

on the next page, it would technically be image, full of little bits to add and remove,
easier to crop the man out. We’ve used Magic Select and Paint 3D struggles. Keep it
Magic Select to demonstrate the limitations simple and you’ll have much better luck.

of the tool, however. Let’s dive in!

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