Either hold down the CTRL key or double click to complete the selection. each time you click a line will connect from one to the next. Start by clicking, move the curser, click again, etc. Below that, the polygonal has its distinctive straight edges. When you release the mouse button the shape will complete itself or you can hold down the CTRL key to end the shape (You will see a small circle on the curser which means "close"). In the top left, you can see the shape made by the Freeform Lasso by left clicking and dragging the mouse around what you want to select. Uncheck it for more precise zooming.īelow is an image showing the 3 types of Lasso selection In CS5, look for the Scrubby Zoom checkbox in the option bar. If you double-click on the Zoom Tool, the image will appear at 100% (full) size. Hold down the Alt key and click to zoom out. You can select an area, or just click on the image to zoom in. If you want to Zoom into a part of your image, click the magnifying glass icon on the bottom right of the toolbar. You don't need to be as detailed in that case. Another example would be to select some text that doesn't have a complicated background. If you are trying to select the shape of a bird's feather, you can zoom in and trace right around the feather - it takes time and patience, but can be done. You'll see that you can be as detailed or as rough as you like. Just select the tool and then left-click in the image and move your mouse around.
#Free magic lasso tool free#
The Lasso tool allows you to draw a free form shape to create a selection. This tutorial will deal with the Lasso tools first and then the Quick Select and finally, the Magic Wand Similar to Quick Selection but allows for more fine tuning On the right Wand flyout, you'll see two options: Quick Key command " W"Ĭreates a selection based on parameters to define color
#Free magic lasso tool series#
On the left Lasso flyout, you will see that there are three options: Quick Key command " L"Ĭreates a series of straight lines to enclose a selection areaĬreates a freeform shapes, but recognizes boundaries between colors Have a look at the images below to see the flyouts involved in this tutorial.
What if you want to select something other than a rectangle or circle? For example, if you have a photo of a hand and want to select one of the fingers so that you can either remove or duplicate it, you'll want more precision in your selection tools. Selecting with the marquee tools is quick and easy, but limited to certain shapes. There is also a video at the end to help you review the concepts. To be an effective Photoshop user, you really need to master these tools. The Lasso and Magic Wand tools allow for more precise selection and all 3 methods can be used in conjunction with each other. Most of the techniques that you used in that level will be applied here, but with greater diversity. In the previous tutorial you were shown the methods for selecting parts of your image by using the Marquee tools.
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