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Selection > Create Selection > Use the Lasso and the Intelligent Lasso Tools

Use the Lasso and the Intelligent Lasso Tools

Use the Lasso and Intelligent Lasso Tools on the Toolbar to mark and select an irregularly shaped area. Click

on the pull down arrow to select the tool you want. Then follow the instructions below to complete your selection. When

completed, the selection border is displayed as moving dashed lines, traditionally referred to as the marching ants.

The Lasso Tools

There are two types of Lasso tools (free hand or polygon). For free hand, you can click on the image and drag, and

release the mouse button to make a selection. For polygon, you can click on the image to select the vertex of the

polygon. Double click or right click to complete a selection.

The Intelligent Lasso Tool

The Intelligent Lasso tool can auto trace the edges of an object so that you do not have to trace the boundary

precisely in order to make the selection. It works by clicking to place the first control point on an image. Click and

drag the mouse to see the suggested selection curve or line displayed around an object. When the intelligent lasso

appears to not wrap around the object the way you want it to, release the mouse button to set the second control

point. Click on the second control point again to start the second segment of your selection curve or line and so on.

To close the curve:

Click the first point again or double click to close the curve.

To create a selection:

Double click, right click or click inside the closed curve to create a selection. The marching ants will appear when the

curve is converted to a selection. Double click again will delete the selection.