Absolute Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography

6. Press Ctrl+D or choose Select, Deselect to
   remove the selection.

Magnetic Lasso

The Magnetic Lasso helps when you need to

select a complex subject such as a wave or

flower and don’t have time to use the Pen tools:

1. Click and hold the mouse button on the
   Lasso tool until the fly-out menu appears.
   Select the Magnetic Lasso tool.


2. Click on the edge of something in your
   sample image (an area with a difference
   in contrast) and then drag the mouse
   along the edge (see Figure 11.3).
   The Magnetic Lasso notices the edges of
   objects and tries its best to stick to the
   edge as you move the cursor. The options
   available let you fine-tune this tool’s
   stickiness:
   ■ Width. Enter a number (in pixels)
   to tell Photoshop how far from the
   edge the tool will still work.

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tip

Press the Alt key to switch

to the traditional Lasso tool

while you have the Polygonal

Lasso selected.

tip

When one of the lasso

tools is selected, press

Shift+L to toggle among the

three lasso tools.

FIGURE 11.3

The Magnetic

Lasso tool.