Here’s an example of when Magic Select just can’t quite get it (zoom in to see the details). One tip: if you want to retrace your steps, use the Undo or History tool in the upper-right corner, not the Go Back button. This doesn’t always happen perfectly, however, and you may need to add or subtract from the scene. I made one diagonal swipe with the mouse across the plug (with the “Add” button” selected) and Magic Select correctly guessed what I was looking for. That’s a real shame, because you can end up with tiny little regions of the photo-sort of like islands-that are too small to individually swipe through.) Mark Hachman / IDG (A drawn circle would be an excellent way to tell Magic Select what to choose, but it doesn’t really work. Paint 3D was designed with 3D dioramas in mind, but opening an image with the Edit with Paint 3D shortcut will bypass the 3D setup and take you into the 2D editing tool. For the purposes of editing a photo, you’ll want to ignore the majority of the Paint 3D UI, anyway. You’ll need to left-click once to preview the photo, then right-click it, drop down to the Edit and Create sub-menu, and on to Edit with Paint 3D. In Photos, this option isn’t immediately available. With the latter, simply right-click the file and scroll down to Edit with Paint 3D. The easiest ways to jump directly into editing your photos are either to open the Photos app with your stored photos or open the folder on your PC where you archive your photos. Let’s dive in! How to use Paint 3D’s Magic Select

Keep it simple and you’ll have much better luck. You’ll probably quickly notice the limitations of Magic Select: If you try to edit a complex image, full of little bits to add and remove, Magic Select and Paint 3D really struggles. Edits to the second photo were made using Paint 3D by IDG’s Mark Hachman. The original photo is credited to Cara Neil, on Flickr, in the public domain.

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