SELECTION TOOLS IN PHOTOSHOP

SELECTION TOOLS

Tools used in selecting objects in

Photoshop.

Types of selection tools

• The Marquee Tool

• The Move Tool

• The Lasso Tool

• The Magic Wand

MARQUEE TOOL

• Let you select

rectangular,

elliptical, single

row and single

column selection

Rectangular Marquee

- Used to make

rectangular

shaped selection

Elliptical Marquee

- Used to make

elliptical shaped

selection

Single Row Marquee

- Used to make

stripes or deletes

a fringe of pixels

along the edge of

an object.

Single Column Marquee

- Used to make

stripes or deletes

a fringe of pixels

along the edge of

an object.

The Move Tool

- Used to move a

selected image

to other position.

The Lasso Tool

- Used to select an

irregular shape

object.

The Polygonal Lasso

- Let you draw

straight-edged

segments of a

selection border

The Magnetic Lasso

- Useful for quickly

selecting objects

with complex

edges set

against high

contrast

background

The Magic Wand

- Lets you select

an area with the

same or near the

same color as

the pixel on

which you click

directly.

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Additional Graphics:

- Scale them up or down!

- .GIF clipart is animated.

- .JPG clipart can be scaled

up and take up little file

space.

- .PNG clipart can be scaled

unusually large without

distortion.

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