The Selection Brush Tool is a fresh addition to Photoshop’s selection arsenal, designed to make isolating areas of your image as intuitive as painting—with powerful accuracy. Here's why it's a game-changer:
You can find it grouped with the Lasso tools. Simply press L (add Shift if needed to cycle tools) to activate the Selection Brush.
Use the brush like a paint tool to define your selection area; an overlay appears so you can see exactly what you're selecting.
Tapping Alt / Option allows you to toggle between adding to or subtracting from the existing selection.
Quickly adjust the brush size with the [ ] keys.
Keep opacity at 100% for clean edges, and increase hardness to sharpen the boundary of the selection.
Once your selection is made, you can launch Edit → Generative Fill, optionally type in a prompt (like “rocks” or “sky”), and Photoshop will generate new content based on your selection.
The generated content appears in a new layer, keeping your original intact.
This tool blends the control of manual selection with the flexibility of brushing, making it faster and more intuitive — especially when working with Generative Fill or compositing tasks.
Feature --- Description
Tool Access --- Press L (cycle with Shift + L) to find it
Selection Method --- Paint selections directly; see overlay in real time
Add/Subtract --- Hold Alt / Option while painting
Brush Control --- [ ] keys for size, hardness = edge clarity, 100% opacity
Advanced Use --- Works smoothly with Generative Fill on a new layer
Learn how to create precise selections using the new Selection Brush Tool, then apply your selection to make a visible edit.
Choose one of the two images provided by your teacher.
Use the Selection Brush Tool to select part of the image.
Apply an edit to that selection (for example: remove something with Generative Fill, replace a background, or recolor an object).
Present your work on one Photoshop canvas that includes:
Before – the untouched original image.
After – your edited version.
What Was Done – the same image, but with a short description or visual highlight (e.g., circles/arrows) showing what you changed.
A PSD file with all layers clearly named.
A JPG export of your three-panel canvas (Before, After, What Was Done).
✅ Selection Brush Tool was used to define the edited area.
✅ Before, After, and What Was Done all appear together on the same canvas.
✅ Edit is neat, realistic, and easy to understand.
✅ Layers are properly named in the PSD file.