INTRODUCTION
When selecting with the Lasso Tool, a straight line is selected between
the start and end points providing that Add To Selection is selected in
the Options Toolbar. This lesson is found at: http://leisurevillage.us/nt/nt262.html.
COPY THE IMAGES ONTO THE DESKTOP
From your browser, view this lesson and click nt262a.jpg
to bring up the first image. While viewing the image, click the Restore
icon (upper right of browser) and resize and move the browser so that you
can view the image and a blank area of the Desktop. Click the image
and drag it onto a blank spot on the Desktop. Repeat for nt262b.jpg.
OPEN PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS AND PASTE THE IMAGE
Click (or double click) the Photoshop Elements icon on the Desktop.
If the Welcome screen is visible, close it. Restore Photoshop Elements
if necessary to provide a view of the Desktop. Click 262a.jpg (on
the Desktop) and drag onto the Photoshop Elements work area.
Click Ctrl + 0 (the zero key) to maximize the image.
SELECT THE LEFT SMOKESTACK
Open the Lasso selection tool > select Add To Selection (on the Options
Toolbar) > click and hold the left mouse button as you drag from the lower
left edge to the upper left edge below the irregular top (the path should
wander near the right edge as it is drawn upward) > release the mouse button
at the upper left edge. Repeat for selection of the right edge of
the stack. Select the Zoom tool and draw a rectangle around the irregular
top part of the smokestack. Continue selecting the various straight
lines around the top. Scroll down the stack and if any selection
lines are inside and not on the outer edge, draw a rough loop around them
and they will be eliminated or moved to the edge.
REPEAT BY SELECTING THE RIGHT SMOKESTACK
ENHANCE THE BACKGROUND
Click Select (on the Menu Bar) + Inverse (this selects everything EXCEPT
the smokestacks). Click Enhance + Adjust Color + Hue/Saturation.
Play with the sliders to produce a very blue sky. Close this picture
and do not save.
OPEN THE OTHER PICTURE
Click 262b.jpg (on the Desktop) and drag onto the Photoshop Elements
work area. Click Ctrl + 0 (the zero key) to maximize the image.
SELECT THE WINDOWS
Use the same procedure, using the Lasso Tool, to select around both
windows. Be sure to draw a line that approaches the opposite side
as you go from bottom to top or left to right etc.
ENHANCE THE WINDOWS
Click Enhance + Adjust Color + Hue/Saturation. Play with the
sliders to produce a very blue window color. Close this picture and
do not save.
CONCLUSION
The Lasso Selection Tool is only one of 6 selection tools but it is
best for selecting straight lines.
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