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A complete list of keyboard shortcuts from EyeWire.

Moving the selection

1. With the blueberry selected, click on the move tool and position within the blueberry.
2. Drag the blueberry onto the carrot slice
3. Choose select>deselect
4. Save!

Moving and duplicating

1. Choose view>fit on screen.
2. Select the elliptical marquee tool
3. Drag around the carrot. (Any way you want.)
4. Click on the move tool and hold down the Option (alt) key - the pointer becomes a double arrow.
5. Continue holding down the Option key and drag a duplicate of the eye onto the melon face.
6. Hold down shift, and this constrains the movement to a straight line: drag a copy of the left eye to the right side of the face so the eyes are level.
7. save!

Shortcut: moving

1. Select the elliptical tool
2. Drag a selection around the kiwi fruit
3. With the marquee tool still selected, hold down Command (CTRL in windows) and position the pointer within the selection. A pair of scissors appears.
4. Drag the kiwi mouth onto the face.

Moving with the arrow key

1. You can move in small increments. Press the arrow key a few times upwards - moves in 1 pixel increments.
2. Choose view>hide edges - selection border disappears
3. Hold down the shift key and press and arrow - now they move in 10 pixel increments
4. Nudge it into position
5. save!

Selecting with the magic wand

1. Double click the magic wand tool - to select it and display the options.
2. Most tools have one of these: in this case the tolerance settings show how many similar tones of color will be selected (32 similar lighter and darker)
3. In tolerance, enter 50, so more tones will be selected
4. Click the tool inside the pear - most of it should be selected
5. To select the remaining, hold down shift and click on the unselected areas
6. When it's all selected, hold down command (CTRL in windows) and drag so that it's mr. Melonhead's nose
7. choose select>deselect
8. save!

Selecting with the lasso tool

1. You can use this tool for both freehand and straight lines. Remember if you make a mistake, just deselect and start again.
2. Select the zoom tool and click twice on the bow tie pasta (300%)
3. Select the lasso tool. Start at the top left hand corner of the pasta, and select the top. Continue to hold down the mouse button.
4. To select the right edge of the bow tie, hold down Option (Alt in windows), release the mouse button, and then begin outlining in short straight lines along the edge. (You'll see that the pointer has turned into the polygon lasso tool.)
5. Release the Option button and drag to the left to create a freehand outline of the bottom of the pasta
6. Hold down Option again, and click the mouse button on the left edge to outline the left side.
7. To complete the selection, make sure the lines cross.
8. Choose view>fit on screen
9. Hold down the Command key, and drag the bow tie to the bottom of mr. Melonhead.
10. Save!
    
    
    

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