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Step 3: Click and drag over the area which you want to select. A dotted oval/elliptical selection
will appear.
Using Elliptical Marquee Tool
To get a perfect circle selection you need to press and
hold the Shift key while dragging. You can also select a Tech Hint
single row or column by using the Single Row Marquee To deselect a selection: Ctrl + D
Tool or Single Column Marquee Tool respectively.
Lasso Tool
Lasso Tool works like a pencil. This tool is also called freehand
selection tool. It is the easiest tool because you simply click and drag
your mouse around the object or area you want to select. You need
to be quite steady while using Lasso Tool. To make a selection, follow
the below steps:
Step 1: Open an image in Photoshop.
Step 2: Click on the Lasso Tool from the Tools panel. When you
select the Lasso Tool, the mouse pointer will change to a
small lasso icon . Using Lasso Tool
Step 3: Click at the spot in the image from where you want to begin the selection, then drag to
draw a freeform selection.
Step 4: To complete the selection return to the spot where you began and release your mouse
button. But, if you do not close the selection, Photoshop will automatically close the
selection for you by drawing a straight line from the point where you released your mouse
button to the point where you began.
Tech Fact
In Photoshop, you can use the shortcuts for the tools easily as they are written to the tool
name in the Tools panel. For example, the shortcut for Lasso Tool is L.
Polygonal Lasso Tool
Polygonal Lasso Tool makes a straight-edged selection around your object in the shape of a polygon.
It does not allow curve or freehand selections.
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