- When you come near the first anchor points it
looks like this
.
Click to close the contour.
- You can also double-click to close contour at
anytime and any point.
- While New selection
option chosen on the Options bar by creating new selection you delete existing one.
- To add an area to existing selection you have
either to choose Add to selection
option on the Options bar or to press (and hold)
[Shift] key while selecting.
- To subtract an area from existing selection
you have either to choose Subtract from selection
option on the Options bar or to press [Alt]
key while selecting.
- To intersect new selection with existing one either choose Intersect with selection
option on the Options bar or press [Shift+Alt]
keys while selecting.
- While New selection option is chosen and
the point of cursor is within selected area
the tool looks like this
and can move selection (ie. borders of selected area and not image content).
- While New selection option is chosen you
can also move selection using keyboard
cursor keys.
Tip. Just in case you didn't know, the Magnetic Lasso tool is also available in Photoshop Elements that is way cheaper version. And if you believe, Photoshop Elements lacks some other important feature, be sure to visit this page.
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