![]() But other than that, the tool works well.Īnother example is a wine glass. If you look closely, the only area not selected is the thin string tied to the balloon. The chair and balloon both have high contrast with the surrounding background. The result is a very nice selection using the Object Selection Tool. So as you can see, this is not a good choice of the Object Selection Tool. At first glance, it looks like this would be a good use of the Object Selection Tool.īut if you zoom in a bit, notice the spikes of the cactus! They have not been selected as we had hoped. We hope it will give you an idea of what you can expect from real-world instances.įirst, we have a nice image of a cactus plant in a pot. So let’s look at some other examples of how well the Object Selection Tool can perform. One good use of Object Subtract also on the options bar is to remove background areas that have been selected along with the object. Select the Subtract from selection option and draw a rectangle or lasso around the affected area. In this example, the right tire has been selected unfortunately along with part of its shadow. Repeat this process for all the missing regions you want to add to the selection. Select Add to selection in the options bar, then draw a new rectangle or a lasso around the missing region. We now need to add to the original selection! In this example, not all of the windshield has been selected. Notice that some areas were incorrectly selected and some that should have been selected were not.ġ) Click one of the selection options (from left to right): New selection, Add to selection, Subtract from selection, or Intersect with selection from the Object Selection Tool options:Ģ) Select the Rectangle or Lasso mode from the options: ![]() ![]() That is very impressive! Although not perfect, it is a good place to start. When you finish drawing the rectangle the selected object looks like this: In this example, we are using the Rectangle mode. The Lasso mode lets you draw a free form lasso around the object.The Rectangle mode lets you draw a rectangle around the object.Choose the way you want to select an object. Select the Object Selection Tool from the Photoshop Toolbar.Ģ. To use the Object Selection Tool to select an object in an image, please use the following steps:ġ. More about that later on in this article. NOTE: The Object Selection Tool works most effectively when the object is clearly defined and has a good amount of contrast. So now let’s explore the Object Selection Tool. The Magic Wand Tool makes a selection based on where you click your mouse on that object. The Quick Selection Tool makes a selection when you drag the mouse over the object to be selected.The Quick Selection Tool and Magic Wand Tool enable you to make a quick selection each in its own way.This is a quick and effective way to select an object. The Magnetic Lasso Tool tries to find the edge of an object as you drag your mouse around it.This is useful when you want to make straight, clean lines. The Polygonal Lasso Tool also allows you to make selections, but by drawing straight lines around an object.The Lasso Tool lets you draw a selection around anything.See this tutorial to see the polygon lasso tool in action in Photoshop. The ones used most often are the Rectangular Marquee Tool that draws a rectangular-shaped selection on the image, and the Elliptical Marquee Tool that draws a round-shaped selection on the image.Īnother set of tools to make a selection is called lasso tools. ![]() Beside each marquee tool on the menu, you can see the shape that each one draws. The first set of tools is called the marquee tools because when you use them, they remind you of a movie marquee. The description also includes a keyboard shortcut. Most of the Photoshop tool icons display a short video and description when you hover over them so that you can make sure you are using the desired tool. Objection selection is covered in our beginners Photoshop course.įor details of using other Photoshop tools please see this article which covers the most widely used tools in Photoshop.īut first, let’s briefly look at the selection tools that already exist in Photoshop CC. Photoshop already has a Subject Selection tool, but it is intended to select all subjects in the image. It simplifies the way you can select an object or even part of an object in an image. The Object Selection tool was first introduced in Photoshop CC 2020 (November 2019).
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