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The Magic Wand chooses pixels in a picture based on tone and color as opposed to other selection tools that do so based on forms or by spotting object boundaries. The unpleasant moniker “tragic wand” was given to the Magic Wand by many users since it frequently seems impossible to control which pixels the instrument chooses. In this article, we’ll dig past the magic to learn how the wand actually functions and how to spot the scenarios for which this antiquated but still very useful selection tool was created.


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