Common uses for Selections in Photoshop 2022

What you learned: Common uses for selections What is a selection? A selection is a way to isolate part of an image so your edits will affect only that area. Why make a selection? Common reasons to make a selection are to: Change the appearance of part of an image by applying a filter or other effect to the selection; Adjust part of a photograph by making a correction to the lighting or color of the selected area; Replace a background by selecting and deleting the initial background and adding a different background instead; Manipulate part of an image, such as copying or moving selected content.