Allows

you to select a portion or a subset of an image to work on three types:

Marquee Tools Lasso Tools Magic Wand

Are used to select a specific regularly shaped area. Include the

Rectangular, Elliptical, Single Row Single Column Marquees:

Select a marquee tool:

Rectangular (for a rectangular selection), Elliptical (for an elliptically shaped selection), Single Row (for a one-pixel wide row) or Single Column (for a one-pixel wide column).

Set the options you want in the Options Bar. Drag over the area you want to select. Hold down the Shift key if you want to constrain the selection to a square or a circle.

Are used to select an irregular area These tools include the

Lasso Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool Magnetic Lasso Tool.

Select the Lasso Tool from the Toolbox. Set any desired options in the Options Bar. To draw a freehand segment of the selection, simply drag the mouse. To draw a straight-edged segment of the selection, hold down the Alt key and click at the desired beginning and end points of the segment.

Select the Polygonal Lasso Tool from the Toolbox. Set any desired options in the Options Bar. To draw a straight-edged segment of the selection, click at the desired beginning and end points of the segment. To draw a freehand segment of the selection, hold down the Alt key and drag the mouse. To close the selection border, double-click the mouse button.

Select the Magnetic Lasso Tool from the Toolbox. Set any desired options in the Options Bar. Click to set the first endpoint of the selection. To draw a freehand segment, move the mouse pointer along the edge you want to trace. (You dont have to hold down the mouse button, although you can if you like.)

As you move the pointer, the selection will automatically snap to the strongest edge in the area around the pointer, based on the Width set in the Options Bar. Periodically, intermediate points are added to the selection border. While tracing the edge, click to add a point if needed. If you want to switch to either the regular Lasso Tool or the Polygonal Lasso Tool, hold down the Alt key. At that point, dragging the mouse will let you draw freehand borders; clicking will let you draw straight line segments. Close the selection border by double-clicking the mouse.

Used to select areas of an image based upon color It does not have additional tools.

Select the Magic Wand Tool from the Toolbox. Set the desired options in the Options Bar: Choose whether to - create a new selection, - add to an existing selection, - subtract from an existing selection, or - intersect with the existing selection. Enter a value from 0 to 255 in the Tolerance box. A low number will let you select colors very similar to the pixel you click; a high number will let you select a broader range of colors.

To select only adjacent areas using the same colors, select Contiguous. Otherwise, all pixels using the same colors will be selected. Check or un-check the Contiguous option. If Contiguous is not selected, all pixels that are the same color as the selected pixel will be selected, wherever they occur in the image. Otherwise, only adjacent pixels of the same color will be selected. Click the color you want to select.