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Selection Tools

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SELECTION TOOLS BUTTON TOOL DESCRIPTION Marquee Move Lasso Polygonal Lasso Magnetic Lasso Magic Wand Crop Tool Slice Tool Selects an object by drawing a rectangle or an ellipse around it. Click the tool button, choose a rectangular or an elliptical marquee. Drag the marquee over the area of the image you wish to select. Used to select and move objects on the page. Click the tool button, then click on any object on the page you wish to move. Selects an object by drawing a freehand border around it. Click the tool button, drag to draw a freehand border around the are of the image you wish to select. Selects an object by drawing a straight-edge border around it. Click the tool button, click on the starting point on the image, drag to draw a straight-edge border, click and drag again to select the are of the image you wish to select. Double-click to finish. Selects an object by drawing a border that snaps to the edges of the defined area of the object. Click on the starting point on the image, drag around the are of the image. The tool will make fastening points at the edges. To finish selecting, drag the border to the starting point and click precisely in the point. Selects all objects in a document with the same or similar fill color, stroke weight, stroke color, opacity, or blending mode. By specifying the color range, or tolerance, you can control what the Magic Wand tool selects. Click the tool button, then click on the area of the image you wish to select. Selects and cuts parts of an image. Click the tool button, then click and drag the tool over the part of the image that you want to keep. Resize the selected area dragging the squares at the sides and corners. Click the RETURN key when your crop box is sized correctly. Used to cut images into slices, which can be exported to a web page. Adobe Photoshop CS 14

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Adobe Photoshop CS
14
SELECTION TOOLS
BUTTON
TOOL
DESCRIPTION
Marquee
Selects an object by drawing a rectangle or an ellipse around
it.
Click the tool button, choose a rectangular or an elliptical
marquee. Drag the marquee over the area of the image you
wish to select.
Move
Used to select and move objects on the page.
Click the tool button, then click on any object on the page you
wish to move.
Lasso
Selects an object by drawing a freehand border around it.
Click the tool button, drag to draw a freehand border around
the are of the image you wish to select.
Polygonal
Lasso
Selects an object by drawing a straight-edge border around it.
Click the tool button, click on the starting point on the image,
drag to draw a straight-edge border, click and drag again to
select the are of the image you wish to select. Double-click to
finish.
Magnetic
Lasso
Selects an object by drawing a border that snaps to the edges
of the defined area of the object.
Click on the starting point on the image, drag around the are of
the image. The tool will make fastening points at the edges. To
finish selecting, drag the border to the starting point and click
precisely in the point.
Magic
Wand
Selects all objects in a document with the same or similar fill
color, stroke weight, stroke color, opacity, or blending mode.
By specifying the color range, or tolerance, you can control
what the
Magic Wand
tool selects.
Click the tool button, then click on the area of the image you
wish to select.
Crop Tool
Selects and cuts parts of an image.
Click the tool button, then click and drag the tool over the part
of the image that you want to keep. Resize the selected area
dragging the squares at the sides and corners. Click the
RETURN
key when your crop box is sized correctly.
Slice Tool
Used to cut images into slices, which can be exported to a web
page.