Free Adobe Photoshop Website Designing Video Tutorial - Lasso Tool

In this Free Photoshop Website Designing Video Tutorial, we will show you how to use Lasso Tools and their functions. Lasso tools are selection tool and used to select irregular shapes. In web designing, lasso tools are helpful. You can select or delete any particular portion or complete image which is irregular in shape and can use this image in your webpage layout. We suggest that you view our "Lasso Tool Video Tutorial" to understand this visually and more easily.

There are three types of lasso tools - Lasso Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool and Magnetic Lasso Tool. By default lasso tool is visible. Press L to select "Lasso Tool" and Shift + L to switch between Lasso Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool and Magnetic Lasso Tool.

Functions of different Photoshop Lasso Tools:

1. Lasso Tool: This tool is used for selecting or making irregular or freeform shapes.
2. Polygonal Tool: Polygonal Tool is used for drawing straight-line selections. You can also make freeform selections by selecting Polygonal Tool. Just hold down the Alt key after selecting Polygonal Lasso Tool and start selecting an object, now your cursor will get change from your Polygonal tool to Lasso Tool.
3. Magnetic Lasso Tool: The magnetic lasso tool is used for selecting objects quickly with complex edges. This works better with high contrast images. The Magnetic Lasso tool is not available for 32 bits-per-channel images.

Steps for using Lasso Tool

1. Select File > Open and select the file of an image to work on.
2. Select Lasso tool from the toolbar or press ”L”.
3. Bring the mouse cursor to the object, click and drag to make your freehand or irregular selection.
4. Now, if you want to draw straight-line selections, select “Polygonal Lasso Tool”.
5. Click where you want the first straight segment to begin, and click a second time where you want the segment to end and the next one to begin. Continue clicking to create segments. To close this selection, double click your mouse.
6. For selecting objects with complex edges, select Magnetic Lasso Tool. Press the left button of your mouse and start dragging the cursor along the object.
7. Close the selection either by double-clicking the mouse or position the pointer over the starting point and click or just press “Enter” key.

Lasso Tool options given in the Tool Options Bar:

When you select any lasso tool, related tool options will get appear in the Tool Options bar. These options are given below:

1. Selections:
   
   • New selection: This will make or draw new selections.
   • Add to selection: This will add a part to the selection.
   • Subtract from selection: This will remove a part from the selection.
   • Intersect with selection: This will select only the overlapping or intersecting area.
     
     
2. Feather: You can smooth the edges of your selection. This is used for giving a blurry effect.
3. Anti-aliased: This is used for making your selection edges smooth.