{"id":27212,"date":"2024-11-14T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/news-stories\/photoshop-basic-selection-tools\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:31:44","slug":"photoshop-basic-selection-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitizer.rs\/en\/news-stories\/photoshop-basic-selection-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop &#8211; Basic selection tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1487086373501{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 140px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584030950292{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most important things to do in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photoshop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is to make selections. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photoshop, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one of the best <span style=\"color: #fd6600;\"><a style=\"color: #fd6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/usluge\/dizajn\/graficki-dizajn\/\">graphic design<\/a><\/span> tools,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  There are more tools to make a selection. In this article, we will explain the 9 basic tools, their application and   <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to make the desired selections in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photoshop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There is no universal tool for making selections, but based on the need, content and quality of the image, various tools and their capabilities are combined in the program, to make appropriate selections.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584650275047{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Basic Photoshop Selection Tools<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578675741462{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Here is a list of basic selection tools:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Marquee Tool<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rectangular Marquee Tool<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elliptical Marquee Tool<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single Row Marquee Tool<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single Column Marquee Tool<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Lasso Tool<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lasso Tool<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polygonal Lasso Tool<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magnetic Lasso Tool<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Quick Selection Tool<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick Selection Tool<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magic Wand Tool<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583834023888{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Marquee Tool  <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578675940271{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Rectangular Marquee Tool  <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s probably the most popular tool for selection. It is located at the top   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scots Gaelic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-a. To manage and use  <\/span><b><i>Rectangular Marquee Tool <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b><i>Elliptical Marquee Tool <\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same commands are used. The selection itself begins to be made from the upper left corner by dragging the mouse across the desktop. To create a regular square or circle, hold the command &#8221;  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHIFT<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the time of the selection. &#8220;When you hold the command.&#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALT<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;On the keyboard, the selection begins to be made from the middle. By holding &#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHIFT&#8221;<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALT<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; selections are made evenly from the middle and are of the correct shape.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several types of shortcuts, so to add a new selection to an existing one, hold the &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHIFT<\/span>&#8221; command<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; on the keyboard. To take away from the existing selection, stick to the commando&#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALT<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; on the keyboard when dragging the mouse. In the top menu, there are icons with options for creating a new selection, adding a selection, subtracting a selection, and cutting a selection. To apply the options, you first need to click on the desired icon, and then make a selection. There&#8217;s also an option.&#8221;   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FEATHER<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;, which in order to be applied needs to be activated before making a selection. It is used for a slight transition between the edges and the middle of the selection. <\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three options in the top panel: <\/span><b><i>Normal<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/i><b><i> Fixed ratio, and Fixed style. <\/i><\/b> <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578674156627{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Fixed ratio<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">means that when a selection is withdrawn, it is proportionally increased or decreased based on the given parameters in <\/span> the <b><i>width<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b><i>height<\/i><\/b> fields<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Fixed style<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the third option<\/span>. <b> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where the size of the selection is already determined by the parameters entered in the <\/span><b><i>width<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b><i>height<\/i><\/b> fields.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With just one click of the mouse on the desktop, we get a pre-prepared selection.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578673649358{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>The Single Row Marquee Tool<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span> the <b><i>Single Column Marquee Tool <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are selections that are used to select a single row of pixels. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>The Single Row Marquee Tool<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a selection for a vertical row of pixels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Single Column Marquee Tool  <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the horizontal row of pixels. Additional options that are applicable to this type of selection are: making a selection, adding a selection, subtracting a selection, and intersecting a selection, as well as the option &#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feather<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583834030298{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Lasso Tool<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578676007524{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next group of tools that we will explain is <\/span><b><i>the Lasso Tool<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Contains 3 types of tools  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lasso Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool and Magnetic Lasso Tool<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>The Lasso tool <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of the first tools for making selections in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photoshop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is used to make quick and incorrect selections.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Polygonal Lasso Tool<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a simple selection tool in Photoshop, it works on the principle of creating straight lines. This means that with this tool we can make selections without crooked and winding lines. A selection of    <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lasso Tool<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Polygonal Lasso Tool<\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;a can be closed automatically or by clicking on the beginning of the path used to make the selection. These selections of possibilities include: making a new selection, adding a selection, subtracting a selection, and intersecting a selection, as well as the possibility &#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feather<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578676022797{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Magnetic Lasso Tool  <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a tool that recognizes the edges of the object around which the selection is made and attaches its path to those same edges of the object. With this tool, more accurate selections are made and there are more control options. In addition to the basic options (making a new selection, adding a selection, subtracting a selection, cross-sectioning a selection, and a feather), it also contains a    <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Width<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Contrast <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequency.<\/span><\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578676066095{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Width  <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the radius within which the cursor will recognize the edges of the object. To make it easier to understand what   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Width <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">works and presents, it is necessary to press <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CapsLock <\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the keyboard, the cursor then changes to a circle with a cross in the middle. The circle around the cursor represents   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Width<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You&#8217;ll see how the parameters are entered into the field.  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Width  <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the circle around the cursor increases, and vice versa. This means that the greater the number of   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Width  <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The larger the radius of edge recognition. With a smaller number in the   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Width  <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">field, the radius will be smaller and more precise. It&#8217;s certainly easier to work with   <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Magnetic Lasso Tool<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if the radius <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Width <\/span><\/i> is <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">larger.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contrast  <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It refers to the edge of the object around which the selection is made. This means how much difference in color or brightness an object or background must contain to be considered an edge. For black and white settings, a maximum of contras can be used. But for &#8220;drowned&#8221; images where the edges cannot be so clearly determined, less contrast is used,     <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequency  <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the number of points, i.e. anchor point. The higher the number entered in the field  <\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Frequency<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is that the selection that is being made will contain more points, and the smaller the number entered in the Frequency field.<\/span><i><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The selection will contain fewer points. Fewer points in the selection are used for simpler shapes, and more points for more complex objects.   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anchor points<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  We can add ourselves for better selection. When the selection path deviates from the edges of the object we want to select, we can easily return to the correct part of the path by deleting the points.   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anchor points.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The point, i.e. &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anchor point<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; is removed by pressing &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backspace<\/span><\/i>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. The points that are deleted do not interrupt the flow of selection. <\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578676056335{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You noticed that when working with selection tools there is an option &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anti-alias<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anti-alias <\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It represents the softness of the edge of selection. When this option is checked, the edges are softer, and when it is not checked, the edges of the selection are harder. That is why this field is always left checked.  <\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583834036553{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Quick Selection Tool<\/b> <\/span><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578676090303{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Quick Selection Tool<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s the most popular tool for selection. There is a control panel with &#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presets<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;, in it there are or may be already equipped types and types of brushes with which the selection is made. It also has options for making new selections, adding selections, and subtracting selections. The addition is made by &#8221;  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shift<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; button that is held when the cursor is dragged, and subtracted with &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; button. In the top panel with options, you can adjust the size, type, area and angle of the brush with which the selection is made.   <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sample All Layers <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">option when checked makes the selection applied to all <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">layers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and when <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Sample All Layers<\/span><\/i> option <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not checked, the selection can only be applied to <\/span> the <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">layer<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on which it was made.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583834042327{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Magic Wand Tool<\/b> <\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578677156889{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Magic Wand Tool<\/i><\/b> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is a tool that selects an area of normal light and color. This means that it selects the same or similar pixels. In the top panel are the standard options (new selection, subtract selection, and add selection).  <\/span> <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578673937370{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sample Size <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">indicates how much sample area the tool will take to make the selection. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tolerance  <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It indicates the level of brightness, i.e. Indicates how many similar pixels the tool will take for selection. It changes as needed. It depends on the image and the surface you want to choose.   <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contiguous  <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When checked, the field selects similar pixels that are near it and that are touching. When this field is not checked, the tool will make a selection with similar pixels that do not touch each other. <\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578673966289{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">All selections made by the presented tools can be further transformed, that is, they can be further edited. This is done by right-clicking on the selection. Then a menu window appears, which offers various types of transformations.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There are a number of ways to make selections in Ps. This text should help you to be aware of the main methods of making selections and when and how you should think about their application. Knowing the right tool for the job is vital to creating effective choices. Keep in mind that this text should not force you to choose one tool or one method over all others in all circumstances. Instead, you should analyze each possibility and need individually and decide which combination of tools will be closest to the result you want.    <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584030991866{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ukoliko ste u ovom tekstu saznali ne\u0161to novo i interesantno, ovde pro\u010ditajte jo\u0161 edukativnih tekstova koje smo pripremili za vas:<span style=\"color: #fd6600;\"> <a style=\"color: #fd6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/digitizer.rs\/news-stories\/\">News &amp; Stories<\/a><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Made by Vladimir Boji\u0107 <\/em><em>\u2013 Senior Graphic Designer @Digitizer<\/em><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1571217766933{padding-top: 150px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_btn title=&#8221;Back to News &amp; Stories&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bars&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitizer.rs%2Fen%2Fnews-stories%2F|title:Back%20to%20NEWS%20%26amp%3B%20STORIES|&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1487086373501{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 140px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584030950292{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]One of the most important things to do in Photoshop is to make selections. Photoshop, one of the best graphic design tools, There are more tools to make a selection. 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