❙To cancel all changes made to the selected area and remove the selection mask, choose Discard from the Edit menu. But be careful! This works only while the selection is “active.”
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
You can use the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands on the Edit menu with a selected area of an image or an entire image. The Paste As New command lets you create a new image file from an image on the Clipboard.
❙Choose Cut from the Edit menu to remove the selected area (or the entire image if there is no selection). A white “hole” appears where you made the cut. PhotoPlus places the
❙Choose Copy from the Edit menu to place a copy of the selected area (or the entire image if there is no selection) on the Windows Clipboard. The original image is not affected.
❙Choose Paste from the Edit menu to paste an image from the Clipboard into the active image. You can drag the pasted area with your mouse if you want to move it.
❙Choose Paste As New to create a new file from an image on the Clipboard. PhotoPlus displays the new image file in its own window, and you can save it or add it to an album.
Cropping
Cropping an image is the opposite of cutting; instead of removing the selected area, cropping removes everything outside of the area. Follow these steps:
1Click the Crop tool. 
2Click and drag to select the part of the image you want to keep. When you release the mouse button, an animated rectangle surrounds the selected area.