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The marquee is a software tool that lets you select rectangles, ellipses, and 1‑pixel rows and columns.

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Rectangle Marquee Tool

Assumption: the "white" in your image isn't really white. It's transparent, most likely a layer with transparency over another white layer below it. Transparent areas of a selection are not seen as p …
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Photoshop Rectangle Marquee tool changing selection

With the Marquee tool selected.... Be certain the Style dropdown at the top of the screen is set to Normal.
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How do I marquee select anchor points that are surrounded by objects in Adobe Illustrator CC?

You can use the Direct Selection Tool (white arrow) and merely toggle Outline/Preview Mode. In Outline Mode you can click drag around anchors without having objects selected because you've clicked a …
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Is there a keyboard shortcuts for the fixed size marquee in Photoshop?

There's no shortcut, but you can create a Tool preset with specific options set. Open the Tool Presets Panel (View > Tool Presets) Select the Marquee Tool Set the options for the Marquee Tool how yo …
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Photoshop CC Marquee Tool switches to Move Tool when holding cmd

Nothing has changed. It's the same in CS6 as it is in CC, you just have preferences set differently. Select the Move Tool and then Uncheck the Auto Select option in the Control Bar across the top of …
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Photoshop duplicate selection marquee, not pixels

I don't believe there exists a modifier combo to duplicate a selection. You can move or transform a selection, without altering the pixels, by using Select > Transform Selection in the menu. But tha …
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Photoshop: zoom in/out while using Marquee Tool

Rather than trying to zoom while holding the mouse button down for a selection, I find the best option is to select what you can and let go. Then zoom in, hold the Shift key down to add to the current …
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Select layer in Photoshop with layer effects

New layer (Command/Ctrl+Option/Alt+Shift+N) Merge Visible (Command/Ctrl+Option/Alt+Shift+E) Command/Ctrl click the tumbnail Delete the new layer if necessary You could also use the Create Layer op …
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