wand
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3.7
- noun
- /wænd/
- Specialized
:
varita mágica
- To accomplish this, I used the Magic Wand Tool to select the black area, and I held down the Shift key and used the Magnetic Lasso Tool to select the top and bottom leaves.
- a magic wand
- the wand tool
- use the wand
Examples
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In the photo editing program, I quickly selected the background using the wand tool.
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To enhance my image, I used the wand feature to automatically select areas with similar colors.
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Using the "soft" image, select the Magic Wand and click anywhere in the "black" outside area of the Moon.
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Select any black part of the image, using the Magic Wand tool.
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I set the background color to black, selected the background with the Magic Wand, and hit delete.
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The black portion of the flag image was selected using the Magic Wand tool.
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This made it easy to select using the Magic Wand Tool in Photoshop.
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Select the Magic Wand tool (W), then set the tolerance to 50%. Click on the sky then
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With just a click of the wand, I adjusted the brightness of the selected pixels in the photo.
Synonyms
18
4.2
A thin stick thought to have magic powers or a simple solution to a hard problem
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the image tool called the wand is to think of a real wand you wave to choose or change things. The software wand 'points' and picks similar colour areas, like a small magic stick that selects for you.