User Guide

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2.0
User Guide
3 Drag the pointer along the edge you want to
trace. (You can also drag with the mouse button
depressed.)
As you move the pointer, the active segment snaps
to the strongest edge in the image, based on the
Width and Edge Contrast options. Periodically,
the magnetic lasso tool adds fastening points to the
selection border to anchor segments, using the
rate set by the Frequency option.
4 If the border doesn’t snap to the desired edge,
click once to add a fastening point manually.
Continue to trace the edge, and click to add
fastening points as needed.
5 To switch temporarily to the other lasso tools,
do one of the following:
• To activate the lasso tool, hold down Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and drag with
the mouse button depressed.
• To activate the polygonal lasso tool, hold down
Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click.
6 To erase recently drawn segments and fastening
points, press the Delete key until you’ve erased the
fastening points for the desired segment.
7 To close the selection border, do one of the
following:
• To c lose the border manually, drag back over the
starting point (a closed circle appears next to the
pointer), and click.
• To close the border with a freehand magnetic
segment, double-click, press Enter or Return, or
click anywhere outside the document window.
• To close the border with a straight segment,
hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS),
and double-click.
Using the Selection Brush tool
The selection brush tool lets you drag with a
variety of soft-edged or hard-edged brushes to
define selected areas. You can drag to either define
the selected area or define a mask (unselected
areas).
To use the selection brush tool:
1 Select the selection brush tool in the
toolbox.
2 In the options bar, choose a brush from the
brush presets pop-up palette (See “Using pop-up
palettes” on page 28).
3 To set the brush size, drag the Size pop-up
slider, or enter a pixel value in the Size text box.
4 From the Mode menu, choose one of the
following:
• Selection to drag over the area you want to
select, and to display a selection border with
moving dashes. If a selection already exists, this
option adds to the selection. To remove from
the selection, press Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) while dragging.
• Mask to drag over the area you want outside the
selection, and to display a color overlay over that
area. If a selection already exists, this option
subtracts from the selection. To add to the
selection, press Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) while dragging.