
This tutorial is from our How to make selections in Photoshop series.ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! How To Use The Magic Wand Tool Selecting The Magic Wand In this tutorial, we're going to look beyond the magic, discover how the wand really works, and learn to recognize the situations that this ancient but still extremely useful selection tool was designed for. Many people tend to get frustrated with the Magic Wand (giving it the unfortunate nickname "tragic wand") because it can sometimes seem like it's impossible to control which pixels the tool selects. Unlike other selection tools that select pixels in an image based on shapes or by detecting object edges, the Magic Wand selects pixels based on tone and color.


The Magic Wand Tool, known simply as the Magic Wand, is one of the oldest selection tools in Photoshop.
