

Now what ever you select by clicking and dragging gets removed from your current selection.ģ. If you press down the ALT key then your Lasso tool will turn o nthe “Subtract from Selection” option. If you have a previous selection then it will add what ever else you select to it.Ģ. If you hold down the SHIFT key your Lasso tool will turn on the “Add to Selection” Option. These general rules apply after you already have made a selection:ġ. These are only tools and it is up to the user to determine which one will be more useful at any given situation. However, both marquee tools and Lasso tools are equally as useful for different things. The lasso tools give you much more control of what you are able to select than the marquee tools. Once a portion is selected you will only be able to make changes to it and the rest of the image will remain unaffected.

Selections are useful because they allow you to choose a portion of the image that you are working on. Just like the marquee tools the lasso tools are used to make selections. The little arrow indicates that there are more tools available that are hidden underneath the tool that is currently shown. This holds true for any tool on the photoshop toolbox that has a small black arrow on the bottom right corner of the button. To access the other Lasso Tools just click and hold down the Lasso Tool button and you will get a popup window giving you the option of choosing any one of the 3 Lasso Tools. If you have just launched Photoshop for the first time your tool box will show you the Lasso Tool. After reading this article the readers will be familiar with the Lasso Tool, the Polygonal Lasso Tool, and the Magnetic Lasso Tool. In this post I am going to write a basic overview of the Lasso Tools.
