Photoshop Exercise #37 - Practice Selection Tools

This exercise will help students to understand the concept of "Selection" & Selection Tools which can be used for multipurpose.

What is Selection?

A Selection is the specifically defined area on the canvas" .

What is the Purpose of Selection ?

Following are the purposes of selection . A Selected area can be

copied to be pasted on another canvas.
deleted from an image.
filled by a color to make a raster shape.
converted into a vector path to from a vector shape
used to align design elements within it.

What Are Marching Ants?

Marching ants are the moving dashed lines, which defines and highlight the boundary of a selection.

What is Deselect?

The term Deselect refers to the removal of selection.

How to Deselect selection?

Click on "Select Menu"
Click on "Deselect" option. (Short Cut : Ctrl + D )

What is Re-select?

The term Re-select refers to the "selection of the same area" again.

How to Re-select selection?

Click on "Select Menu"
Click on "Reselect" option. (Short Cut : Ctrl + Shift + D )

What Does "Move Selection" mean?

Move selection means moving the selection to "select a new area or adjust previous selection.

How to Move Selection?

Selection can only be moved with the help of any selection tool such as..

Rectangular Marquee Tool
Elliptical Marquee Tool
Single Row Marquee Tool
Single Column Marquee Tool
Lasso Tool
Polygonal Lasso Tool
Magnetic Lasso Tool
Magic Wand Tool
Quick Selection Tool

But make sure that "New Selection" property of the selection tool must be active.

Can we Move Selection with the Help of Move tool ?

No, selection can not be moved with the help of selection tool. If you try to move a selected area with the help of move tool, the portion of the layer within the selection will moving.. See Example Below.

Photoshop Exercise #37 - Practice Selection Tools

Practice Of Selection Tool

1. Rectangular Marquee Tool (Letter M)

Rectangular Marquee tool is used to make either rectangular or square selection

Photoshop Exercise #37 - Practice Selection Tools

2.Elliptical Marquee Tool (Letter M)

Elliptical Marquee tool is used to make either oval or circle selection.

Photoshop Exercise #37 - Practice Selection Tools

3.Single Row & Column Marquee Tool (Letter M)

Both tools are used to make tiny selection of pixels grid on the image.

4.Lasso Tool (Letter L)

Lasso tool is used to make "free-from" or "rough" selection .

Photoshop Exercise #37 - Practice Selection Tools

5.Polygonal Lasso Tool (Letter L)

Polygonal Lasso Tool is used to make polygonal like selections. Selection is made by drawing straight lines ..

Photoshop Exercise #37 - Practice Selection Tools

6.Magnetic Lasso Tool (Letter L)

Magnetic Lasso Tool is used to make selection of an object in an automatic manner. Magnetic lasso tool snaps to the edges of pixels by adding anchor points.