Liz Bode | COMP 3230 | University of Minnesota Duluth

Magnetic Lasso Tool

 

What to do

How to do it

Pgs*

Open an image you want to remove.

File > Open

 

Choose Magnetic Lasso

Click on tool bar or shift-L

98

Click to establish a fastening point

Move the mouse without pressing the mouse button, along the edge of the shape you want to select.

98

To close the selection line

Double click anywhere over the shape or click the starting point or press enter/return

98

 

 

* Pages from Weinman and Lourenkas, Photoshop 7 For Windows and Macintosh.  See diagram of toolbox and tools in the pop-out menus from the various toolbox buttons: pages 2-4