Rectangular Marquee Too
How to use: Click on the tool and outline the shape you want by clicking on a point and dragging your mouse around it; let go of the mouse and you have your selection.
How to use: Click on the tool and outline the shape you want by clicking on a point and dragging your mouse around it; let go of the mouse and you have your selection.
Elliptical Marque Tool
How to use: Click on the tool and outline the shape you want by clicking on a point and dragging your mouse around it; let go of the mouse and you have your selection.
Advantage: Really good for creating circle.
Disadvantage: Can't select anything else.
Magic Wand ToolHow to use: Select tool and click on an area on your screen and it will automatically select that big area for you.
Advantage: Selects all pixels in a similar value.
Disadvantage: Edges are rough/jagged-no complicated backgrounds
Advantage: Selects all pixels in a similar value.
Disadvantage: Edges are rough/jagged-no complicated backgrounds
Quick Selection Tool
How to use: Click and drag over area and it will automatically select. Use the Alt key + and - to add or subtract to your selection.
Advantage: Pick similar values on complicated background.
Disadvantage: Does not create the best/clearest outline for your image
How to use: Click and drag over area and it will automatically select. Use the Alt key + and - to add or subtract to your selection.
Advantage: Pick similar values on complicated background.
Disadvantage: Does not create the best/clearest outline for your image
Lasso Tool
How to use: Click on the mouse and free hand the selection you want. Use the Alt key + and - to add or subtract to your selection.
Advantage: Creates clean sharp lines
Disadvantage: It is easy to make mistakes
Polygonal Lasso Tool
How to use: Click on the screen and drag outward to create your selection.
Advantage: Crisp clear lines and is easy to use.
Disadvantage: Cant make a curve very well because of the sharp angles.
How to use: Click on the screen and drag outward to create your selection.
Advantage: Crisp clear lines and is easy to use.
Disadvantage: Cant make a curve very well because of the sharp angles.
Magnetic Lasso Tool
how to use: select the tool and click on a point where you want to start outlining. Drag your mouse around your selection and end it on the first point you made. Now you have made your selection.
advantage: Quickly and efficiently outlines your selection
disadvantage: Sometimes it will put points on parts you don't want it to. When this happens just click wherever you want your point to go instead of it automatically doing it for you.
how to use: select the tool and click on a point where you want to start outlining. Drag your mouse around your selection and end it on the first point you made. Now you have made your selection.
advantage: Quickly and efficiently outlines your selection
disadvantage: Sometimes it will put points on parts you don't want it to. When this happens just click wherever you want your point to go instead of it automatically doing it for you.
Pen Tool
How to use: Select a point and drag outward to create 2 lines as anchors. Hold down the Alt key and drag out the points to mold the lines to the shape you are outlining
.Advantage: This tool makes it easy to make curved lines to perfectly outline the shape.
Disadvantage: It's time consuming and is hard to exactly see where you are outlining. It is also complicated to understand.
How to use: Select a point and drag outward to create 2 lines as anchors. Hold down the Alt key and drag out the points to mold the lines to the shape you are outlining
.Advantage: This tool makes it easy to make curved lines to perfectly outline the shape.
Disadvantage: It's time consuming and is hard to exactly see where you are outlining. It is also complicated to understand.