Then carefully drag along the edges of an object and you will see how the magnetic lasso tool snaps to the edges. You simply click once on the edge of an object you want to select and release a mouse button. So, when we say, Photoshop automatically selects pixels along the edges, it calculates the light, texture, and contrast between a range of pixels and decides its edge. For it, every image is a collection of pixels. It automatically snaps to the edges of the image and automatically selects the pixels around them. It makes easy to draw precise selection borders. MAGNETIC LASSO TOOL – This tool has the most precision of all the tools in the group. Now we come to the third tool that is a magnetic lasso tool. You can also make a duplicate layer by using this shortcut key. With this, your selection will be copied to a new layer. After making your selection right-click on it. You can also copy your selection on a new layer. You can zoom the image and precisely select pixel by pixel with this tool. You can make very precise selections using this tool. So, this is how the polygon lasso tool works in Photoshop. A straight selection line is drawn from your pointer to the starting point. If the pointer is not over the starting point, then double-click or press Ctrl-click. A small closed circle appears next to the pointer when you reach the starting point. Drag the pointer to the beginning point and click. Now, if you make your selection then close the border by doing one of the following. If you make a mistake, press the Backspace key to erase the segments. Click the second time where you want to end the segment and the next one to begin. This adds a point on your image which is commonly known as an anchor or fastening point. Click somewhere along the edge of an object from where you want to begin the selection. Set polygon lasso tool options from the options bar. Select the Polygon lasso tool from the toolbox. Now we learn how the polygon lasso tool works step by step. It doesn’t work for making circular curves or lines. It means with this tool you can draw straight edges around the object. POLYGON LASSO TOOL – This tool is useful to make straight-edged selections. Removing a selection – When you are done with a selection, you can remove it by simply press Ctrl + D on your keyboard. Click refine edge to make your selection more precise and accurate. We discussed already feather value in our previous article. To soften the selection borders, enter a feather value. Then select an area which you want to remove by dragging the mouse. To subtract from the selection, release the mouse button and then press Alt. To add a selection, release the mouse button and then press Shift. Specify whether to make a new selection, add to selection, subtract from the selection, or select an area which is intersected by two selections. If you release the mouse button without closing the selection, then Photoshop automatically closes the selection by drawing a straight line from the point where you release the mouse button to the point from where you start. To complete the selection, return to the starting point and release your mouse button. Then you should continue holding your mouse button and drag to draw a freeform selection outline. You simply click at the spot in the document from where you want to begin your selection. With lasso tool selected, your cursor will appear as a small lasso icon. It works in a similar way as you would outline something on the piece of paper with a pen or pencil. With this tool, you simply draw a freehand selection around the object or an area which you want to select. STANDARD LASSO TOOL – Of all the selection tools in Photoshop, this tool is very easy to use. Now we start our tutorial by Standard lasso tool. You can switch between the three tools by pressing Shift + L. The other two tools are hiding behind the standard lasso tool in the tools panel. To select a lasso tool, just press M on your keyboard. There are three variations of Lasso tool. This tool looks like a lasso which you should find a cowboy swinging at a rodeo. By using the lasso tool, you can make precise selections. It is mainly used to draw freehand selections. Now, what about freehand selections? For that, we use a Lasso tool. LASSO TOOLĪs we have seen in the previous tutorial, we make selections either rectangular or elliptical. Now we come to our next tool of selection that is, Lasso tool. Hope you read our previous article in which we learn about four types of selection tools.
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