Microsoft 702 manual Getting more Help with cutouts, To create a cutout

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Chapter 6: Using Special Effects

Getting more Help with cutouts

See the online Help topic “Use cutouts” for more detailed instruc- tions on specific cutout methods.

You can create cutouts in four different ways. Select the method that best fits your photo and your intended use for the cutout.

■The Edge Finder works well if your photo has well defined edges along where you want to cut.

■Tracing on your own gives you the most precise control when cutting irregular shapes.

■Color Selection helps you cut away large areas of solid color.

■Cutting with a cookie cutter shape cuts the photo into a shape such as a circle, star, or heart.

To create a cutout:

1On the Format menu, click Create a Cutout.

2Click one of the following:

■With the Edge Finder

■By tracing an area on my own

■By color selection

■With a cookie cutter shape

3Follow the instructions on the screen.

On the last screen of the cutout task, you will have the option to either:

■Open the completed cutout In a separate project. Choose this option if you plan to combine the cutout with other photos, or use the cutout in a project such as a greeting card.

■Leave it in the original project. Choose this option when you want the cutout to remain in the original photo as a separate layer, so you can edit it separately from the rest of the photo.

If you leave the cutout in the original project, you can select either the cutout or the background in the Stack, and then edit the single layer.

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