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Selecting with random modes

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Selecting with random modes

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- [Narrator] Let's see how the random selection mode works in Astute Graphic's super marquee tool. In my file, I have an add for sale, with a bunch of green confetti behind the text. And, lets say the client liked the idea of the confetti, but they wanted it to be three different colors instead of all green. With all these little pieces, it would be really tedious to select and recolor them one by one. But, the super marquee tool can make quick work of it. First, I'll go to the layers panel and lock the group that makes up the text, so I don't select any of that. Then, I'll take the super marquee tool, and drag over some of the confetti. I'll press the "C" key a couple of times to get a highlighting color that I can see well, like red. And I'll press "R" to enter random mode. And, as I keep dragging, different subsets of the confetti are highlighted. Also notice, that my cursor is the percentage of the objects that will be…

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