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Step 2: Click at the point from where you want to begin the selection, then press and hold
the left mouse button and drag towards the other corner of the object.
Step 3: Release the mouse button. When you release the mouse button, a dotted box
appears around your selection.
Prime (Ver. 2.2)-VIII selection: Hold shift
Soft Hint
To make a square
while dragging
Using Rectangular Marquee Tool
Elliptical Marquee Tool
96 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 single row or column by using the Single Row Marquee 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.
Using Lasso Tool

