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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 Rectangular Marquee Tool in the Tools
panel. 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.
Selecting Elliptical Marquee Tool 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 and hold the left mouse button pressed on the Selection Brush
Tool in the Tools panel. A flyout menu opens.
Step 3: Click on the Lasso Tool from the flyout menu . When you select
the Lasso Tool, the mouse pointer will change to a lasso icon. Using Lasso Tool
Step 4: Click at the spot in the image from where you want to begin the selection, then drag to draw
a freeform selection.
Step 5: 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 in front of the
tool name in the Tools panel. For example, the shortcut for Lasso Tool is L.
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