Adobe 65045315 Photoshop Elements Manual - Page 100

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10 94 Selecting parts of an image About the selection tools The selection tools are located in the Tools panel, which is located, by default, on the left side of your screen. Rectangular Marquee tool Draws square or Elliptical Marquee tool Draws round or rectangular selection borders. elliptical selection borders. Lasso tool Draws freehand selection borders. This tool is great for making very precise selections. Polygonal Lasso tool Draws multiple Magnetic Lasso tool Draws a selection border Magic Wand tool Selects pixels of similar straight-edged segments of a selection border. that automatically snaps to edges you drag color with one click. over in the photo. Quick Selection tool Quickly and automatically makes selection based on color and texture when you click or click-drag an area. Selection Brush tool Automatically selects or deselects the area you paint, depending on whether you're in selection or mask mode. Smart Brush tool Applies color and tonal adjustments and effects to a selection. The tool automatically creates an adjustment layer for non-destructive editing. Use the Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools The Rectangular Marquee tool draws square or rectangular selection borders, and the Elliptical Marquee tool draws round or elliptical selection borders. AB CD EF Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tool options A. Rectangular Marquee tool B. Elliptical Marquee tool C. New selection D. Add to selection E. Subtract from selection F. Intersect with selection 1 In the Edit workspace, select the Rectangular Marquee tool or the Elliptical Marquee tool in the toolbox. 2 (Optional) Set marquee tool options in the options bar located above your image: • Specify whether to create a new selection, add to a selection, subtract from a selection, or select an area intersected by other selections. • To soften the selection border so that it blends into the area outside the selection, enter a Feather value. Last updated 1/2/2012