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How to Use Lasso and Magic Wand tools

Topic:  Photoshop  Product:  PhotoShop CS4  Related Articles:  0 255 autoit keylog   jquery wand tool   wand tool photoscape  

There are many methods in Photoshop to select pixels, the Lasso tool creat a custom, free-hand selection, and the Magic Wand tool allows you to select an area of an image based on its color. To learn how to use them, please follow these steps.

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Solution

  1. Open your picture, and we want to select the flower below.
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  2. Duplicate the background by dragging the background into this button use lasso and magic wand tool in photoshop-07.
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  3. Select the Lasso tool use lasso and magic wand tool in photoshop-08  from Toolbar on the left.
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  4. Left click and move the lasso tool around the edge of the petal.
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  5. Move until you select all the wanted pixels.
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  6. Then we use the Magic Wand tool .  Select its button use lasso and magic wand tool in photoshop-09 from the Toolbar on the left.
  7. Adjust Tolerance level several times until it's right, here we set it to 100 (0-255).
    The Tolerance determines how closely to match colours - higher tolerance means a larger selection.
    Check Anti-aliased to define a smooth edge to the selection.
    Check Contiguous to select only areas which are joined together.
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  8. Click on the background, then you will choose the flower successfully.
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