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Elliptical Marquee Tool
With the Elliptical Marquee Tool, we can make an elliptical or oval selection of an image. Follow the
below steps to use the Elliptical Marquee Tool:
Step 1: Click and hold the left mouse button pressed on the small arrow icon in the bottom right
corner of the Rectangular Marquee Tool. A flyout menu opens which shows the list of other
tools available.
Step 2: Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool from the flyout menu.
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.
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