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Step 3: Click anywhere on the edge of the object to start the selection.
Step 4: Move the mouse pointer hover the edges of the object. Small squares called anchor points
appear along the selection line.
Step 5: To close the selection, return to the starting point. Similar to the Polygonal Lasso Tool, a small
circle appears next to your cursor indicating that you are at the correct place to close the
selection.
Step 6: Click on the starting point. Your object is selected.
Using Magnetic Lasso Tool
Quick Selection Tool
Quick Selection Tool makes a selection based on the colour and contrast of the
same colour in the image that you wish to select. It remembers all the consecutive
strokes. This way you can make different selections in a single image also. +
Perform the following steps to use the Quick Selection Tool:
Step 1: Open an image of object in Photoshop. Using Quick Selection Tool
Step 2: Select the Quick Selection Tool from the Tools panel. When the Quick Selection Tool is selected,
the mouse pointer looks like a circle with a ‘+’ sign in the centre.
Step 3: Click on the object to select it. The area with same colour and contrast is selected.
Step 4: By default, the Quick Selection Tool is set to add to your selection. You can toggle from adding
to selection to subtracting selection by pressing the Alt key.
Magic Wand Tool
Magic Wand Tool selects area of similar colour pixels around it with just one click. One of the most
common uses of this tool is to remove the background of an image leaving the main object in place.
It works best when the image has few colours only or the background and the object is clearly
differentiated.
Perform the following steps to use the Magic Wand Tool:
Step 1: Open an image in Photoshop.
Step 2: Select the Magic Wand Tool from the Tools panel.
Step 3: Set the Tolerance property in the Options bar. In case of higher value, wider area is selected.
If you increase the Tolerance to 50 or more, it will make the selection more universal and
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