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Step 7: 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: Click and hold the left mouse button pressed on the Object Selection Tool in the Tools panel.
A flyout menu opens.
Step 3: Select the Quick Selection Tool from the flyout menu. When the Quick Selection Tool is selected,
the mouse pointer looks like a circle with a ‘+’ sign in the centre.
Step 4: Click on the object to select it. The area with same colour and contrast is selected.
Step 5: 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 are clearly
differentiated.
Perform the following steps to use the Magic Wand Tool:
Step 1: Open an image in Photoshop.
Step 2: Click and hold the left mouse button pressed on the Object Selection Tool in the Tools panel.
A flyout menu opens.
Step 3: Select the Magic Wand Tool from the flyout menu.
Step 4: 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
tend to select all the nearby shades with same tint/colour. Make sure that the Anti-alias and
Contiguous options are checked from the Options bar.
Options Bar of Magic Wand Tool
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