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Using the Wand Cutter

The Wand option selects like objects within your selection. The wand cutter is only available in advanced mode.

Tip: You can use the Wand tool to make custom fancy text. To learn more, refer to Creating Cutout Text.

To use the Wand Cutter, perform the following steps:

1. Select an element or group of elements you want to cut.

   

2. Click Wand.

   

   Note: You may be prompted to flatten the item. To flatten the item, click Flatten on the Layout ribbon.

3. Adjust the sensitivity of the color and intensity. This helps guide the wand when it searches for like items.
4. Touch the magic wand to an area on the selection. The wand will highlight similar areas. Here we increased the threshold a little bit to get more matches.

   

5. Choose a cutting option from the dialog. Each option displays a shaded area that can be duplicated or cut.

   Option	Explanation
   Swap the shaded and unshaded sections	This option flips the shaded area covering the element to the opposite half.
   Keep the shaded section	Keeps the shaded section, and removes the unshaded.
   Keep the unshaded section	Keeps the unshaded section, and removes the shaded.
   Keep both sections	Keeps both sections.

6. Your cut is applied.

In this example, we applied the Wand Cutter to remove the background of the photo using Erase the selected area.