Which tool lets you quickly mark a broad selection by painting over the area, with Photoshop snapping to edges?

Which tool lets you quickly mark a broad selection by painting over the area, with Photoshop snapping to edges?

• A. Magic Wand Tool
• B. Quick Selection Tool
• C. Gradient Tool
• D. Marquee Tool

Answer: (B)

When you want to mark a broad area quickly by painting over it, the tool you reach for is the Quick Selection tool. It behaves like a brush: you drag over the region you want to select, and Photoshop uses edge-detection to expand the selection to the natural boundaries as you go. That edge-snapping makes it fast to grab objects with irregular or detailed edges, without needing to click every edge manually. In contrast, the Magic Wand selects pixels based on color similarity in one click, which can be fast for uniform areas but isn’t driven by painting over the area. The Gradient tool isn’t about making selections at all, and the Marquee tool creates precise rectangular or elliptical selections without painting.

When you want to mark a broad area quickly by painting over it, the tool you reach for is the Quick Selection tool. It behaves like a brush: you drag over the region you want to select, and Photoshop uses edge-detection to expand the selection to the natural boundaries as you go. That edge-snapping makes it fast to grab objects with irregular or detailed edges, without needing to click every edge manually.

In contrast, the Magic Wand selects pixels based on color similarity in one click, which can be fast for uniform areas but isn’t driven by painting over the area. The Gradient tool isn’t about making selections at all, and the Marquee tool creates precise rectangular or elliptical selections without painting.