The selection tools are located in the Tools palette, which is located, by default, on the left side of your screen.
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Rectangular Marquee tool
Draws square or rectangular selection
borders. |
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Elliptical Marquee tool
Draws round or elliptical selection
borders. |
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Lasso tool
Draws freehand selection borders. This
tool is great for making very precise selections. |
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Polygonal Lasso tool
Draws multiple straight-edged segments of
a selection border. |
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Magnetic Lasso tool
Draws a selection border that automatically snaps
to edges you drag over in the photo. |
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Magic Wand tool
Selects pixels of similar color with
one click. |
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Quick Selection Brush tool
Quickly and automatically
makes selection based on color and texture when you click or click-drag an
area. |
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Selection Brush tool
Automatically selects or deselects
the area you paint, depending on whether you’re in selection or
mask mode. |