How to use Magic Cut to select an object

Magic Cut selects an object from a click. An AI model running on your device finds the whole object under the pointer, and more clicks add or remove parts.

Where to find it

It is in the toolbar, in one slot with Object Selection, Quick Selection and Magic Wand. Right-click the slot, or press and hold it, to choose between them. Press Shift+W until it is selected (W on its own picks Object Selection).

How to use it

Choose the tool. Press Shift+W until it is selected, right-click the selection slot and pick Magic Cut, or use Select → Magic Cut.
Click the object. Click once on the thing you want. The first click loads the model, so it takes a little longer; then a blue tint shows what is found.
Refine it. Shift-click a missed part to add it, or Alt-click (Option-click on a Mac) a wrong part to remove it. Undo click takes back the last one.
Apply. Click Apply or press Enter. The tint becomes a normal selection.

Magic Cut showing a blue tint over the part of a bicycle frame that was clicked — Screenshot from the editor, 13 November 2026.

Options bar settings

Add and Remove: What a plain click does. Shift and Alt switch it for one click.
Sample all layers: Use the whole picture as you see it instead of only the current layer.
Undo click, Cancel, Apply: Take back the last click, drop the whole thing, or turn it into a selection.

Tips and common mistakes

Your first click should be on the middle of the object, not its edge.
After applying, add a layer mask from the selection to cut the object out without deleting anything.

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Checked 13 November 2026 in the current editor.

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How to use Magic Cut to select an object

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Tips and common mistakes

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