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HOW TO USE PAINT 3D’S file and scroll down to Edit With Paint 3D. In
MAGIC SELECT
The easiest ways to jump directly into editing
your photos are either to open the Photos
app with your stored photos; or open the
folder on your PC where you archive your
photos. With the latter, simply right-click the
The original photo (go.pcworld.com.neil) is credited to Cara Neil, on
Flickr, in the public domain. Edits to the second photo were made
using Paint 3D by IDG’s Mark Hachman.
Photos, this option isn’t immediately
available. You’ll need to left-click once to
preview the photo, then right-click it, drop
down to the Edit And Create submenu, and
on to Edit With Paint 3D.
Paint 3D was designed with 3D dioramas
in mind, but opening an
image with the Edit with
Paint 3D shortcut will bypass
the 3D setup and take you
into the 2D editing tool. For
the purposes of editing a
photo, you’ll want to ignore
the majority of the Paint 3D
UI, anyway.
It’s not entirely clear how
Magic Select works. Adobe’s
Magic Wand and Magnetic
Lasso tools have historically
looked for sharp differences
in color and lighting as a way
to perform edge detection
and distinguish one object
from another. Magic Select
seems to work in a similar
fashion, so that a well-lit
photo, with a clear
distinction between objects,
will deliver the best results.
Make sure you’ve sized
the photo to fill the screen;
the zoom tool adjustment
slider seems awfully coarse.
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