Use of the Magnetic Lasso Tool

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Jan 11, 2004
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I am attempting to outline a section of a photo using the Magnetic Lasso Tool in PS7 so that I can subsequently blur the background.

Having selected this tool I start at the bottom LH edge of the photo and eventually get to the bottom RH edge .

The problem I now have is I don’t know how to deselect this Tool. As a result , if I attempt to move the curser up to the Tool icon in order to click it again ( thus , I thought , deselecting it ) this merely results in bringing the " thread " all across the photo in all the wrong places .

How , once the use of this Lasso tool is complete , do you deselect it thus leaving the threaded area as desired ?

B.N.


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Rich
Jan 11, 2004
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I am attempting to outline a section of a photo using the Magnetic Lasso Tool in PS7 so that I can subsequently blur the background.
Having selected this tool I start at the bottom LH edge of the photo and eventually get to the bottom RH edge .

The problem I now have is I don’t know how to deselect this Tool. As a result , if I attempt to move the curser up to the Tool icon in order to click it again ( thus , I thought , deselecting it ) this merely results in bringing the " thread " all across the photo in all the wrong places .

How , once the use of this Lasso tool is complete , do you deselect it thus leaving the threaded area as desired ?

B.N.


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Branko Vukelic
Jan 11, 2004
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I am attempting to outline a section of a photo using the Magnetic Lasso Tool in PS7 so that I can subsequently blur the background.
Having selected this tool I start at the bottom LH edge of the photo and eventually get to the bottom RH edge .

The problem I now have is I don’t know how to deselect this Tool. As a result , if I attempt to move the curser up to the Tool icon in order to click it again ( thus , I thought , deselecting it ) this merely results in bringing the " thread " all across the photo in all the wrong places .

How , once the use of this Lasso tool is complete , do you deselect it thus leaving the threaded area as desired ?

B.N.


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You have to close the selection first. CTRL+click usually does the trick. After that, if you’re unhappy with any area of the selection you can add/subtract from the selection by selectiong the icons on the toolbar.


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