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LESSON 5: SELECTION TOOLS MARQUEE TOOLS The marquee tools are used to make rectangular, elliptical, horizontal and vertical line selections. To create a selection with a marquee tool, simple hold down your mouse button over the active image area, and drag out your shape. *Perfect Circle and Square Selections* When making selections with the Rectangular Marquee Tool or Elliptical Marquee Tool, it�s possible to make perfect square and circular selections by holding shift when drawing our your selection. LASSO TOOLS The Lasso Selection Tools allow you to make selections of irregular shapes. Using the ordinary lasso tool, simply click and drag a freehand selection with your mouse. With the Polygonal Lasso Tool, click to make various points which will define a selection, and finish your selection by clicking the starting point. The Magnetic Lasso Tool sort of combines the first two tools mentioned here. You click once, and begin to drag a freehand selection around the object you wish to select. The magnetic lasso tool tries to automatically create points itself while you follow the edge of your object (you can define points by clicking if needed). The end result is a much smoother selection than the polygonal lasso tool will make. THE MAGIC WAND TOOL The Magic Wand Tool is unlike the rest of the selection tools, in that is selects areas based on color. To use the Magic Wand Tool, you simply point and click the color you want to select in the active image area. Take the diagram below for example. Using the Magic Wand Tool, it simply takes one click in the white area to make a selection of that space. Sometimes, it�s necessary to combine multiple selections in order to select the ENTIRE area you want to work with. In times like these, it�s possible to combine multiple selections using an easy keyboard shortcut. Working from an existing selection, simply hold shift and create a new selection. This will add your new selection to the existing selection. MOVE TOOL The Move Tool is used for moving selected areas of an image, layers, shapes, and other objects. To move a selected part of an image, simply select the move tool, and then click and drag your selection as you please. This will Cut the selection out from it�s current location, and reposition it to wherever you release the mouse button. CROP TOOL The Crop Toolis used to resize the canvas and active image area. To use the crop tool, simply drag out a square that encompasses the area which you want to become the new canvas size. _________________________________________________________________________________	The Coffee Addict Image Editing \| Tutorials A site dedicated to students who are having a hard time creating projects and needs helps for image editing

LESSON 5: SELECTION TOOLS

MARQUEE TOOLS
The marquee tools are used to make rectangular, elliptical, horizontal and
vertical line selections. To create a selection with a marquee tool, simple hold down
your mouse button over the active image area, and drag out your shape.

*Perfect Circle and Square Selections*
When making selections with the Rectangular Marquee Tool or Elliptical Marquee
Tool, it�s possible to make perfect square and circular selections by holding
shift when drawing our your selection.

LASSO TOOLS
The Lasso Selection Tools allow you to make selections of irregular shapes. Using
the ordinary lasso tool, simply click and drag a freehand selection with your mouse.
With the Polygonal Lasso Tool, click to make various points which will define a
selection, and finish your selection by clicking the starting point.
The Magnetic Lasso Tool sort of combines the first two tools mentioned here. You
click once, and begin to drag a freehand selection around the object you wish to
select. The magnetic lasso tool tries to automatically create points itself while you
follow the edge of your object (you can define points by clicking if needed). The end
result is a much smoother selection than the polygonal lasso tool will make.

THE MAGIC WAND TOOL
The Magic Wand Tool is unlike the rest of the selection tools, in that is selects
areas based on color. To use the Magic Wand Tool, you simply point and click the
color you want to select in the active image area.
Take the diagram below for example. Using the Magic Wand Tool, it simply takes
one click in the white area to make a selection of that space.
Sometimes, it�s necessary to combine multiple selections in order to select the
ENTIRE area you want to work with. In times like these, it�s possible to combine
multiple selections using an easy keyboard shortcut.
Working from an existing selection, simply hold shift and create a new selection.
This will add your new selection to the existing selection.

MOVE TOOL
The Move Tool is used for moving selected areas of an image, layers, shapes, and
other objects.
To move a selected part of an image, simply select the move tool, and then click
and drag your selection as you please. This will Cut the selection out from it�s
current location, and reposition it to wherever you release the mouse button.

CROP TOOL
The Crop Toolis used to resize the canvas and active image area. To use the crop
tool, simply drag out a square that encompasses the area which you want to
become the new canvas size.

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