Opening a SEL File

The SEL file type is primarily associated with Paint Shop Pro.

SEL	File extension: SEL
	File type:	Selection File

What is a SEL file?

SEL files mostly belong to Paint Shop Pro by Corel Corporation. Jasc was acquired by Corel Corporation on 14 October 2004.

How do you open SEL files?

You need a suitable software like Paint Shop Pro to open a SEL file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your SEL file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a SEL file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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SEL file format:

To view or edit SEL files you need to know the file format, because it determines how the data in this file is stored. Each file format has a unique extension and almost always a unique signature. For example, Microsoft Word documents have the extension .docx and the signature (usually the first 3 characters in this file) PK. Nonetheless, different programs can utilize the same file extension to represent distinct file formats. Double-clicking on the file often results in an error when opening. Exact knowledge of the format is therefore important in order to solve problems occurring in files. Our evaluation of the SEL files looks like this:

SEL is not a commonly used file extension and has no uniform or dominant file format. But the following two file formats are common:

• 9% of all SEL files are using the well-known PNG file format to store the data. PNG is short for Portable Network Graphics. It is a high-quality raster image file that supports lossless data compression. The content consists of illegible binary data, which can only be read and interpreted by the associated programs. SEL files can be up to 800 KB in size, but are often around 2 KB - 280 KB. The files contain the following words: IHDR, IDATx, sBIT, " id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>, <?xpacket begin=", <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Core 5, iTXtXML:com.adobe.xmp and pHYs. Such SEL files store data about filterprovider, provider, android, samsung and warm.
• 7% of all SEL files use the same file format, which can be identified by the letters "00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00" at the beginning. The contents of these files are partially readable by a human. SEL files can be up to 86 KB in size, but are often around 5 KB - 59 KB. Examples of file names are LynWiiRetail.sel. Files like these have the following tags: retail.

The remaining 84% of all SEL files are files with no common format, the following 4 formats can be found: JSON and SEL. The category is myfilter, sample, backup, seltrime, symbols, event or irmc. Just click the "Choose your .sel file to analyze" button on this page to find out what your SEL file is.