Easy Selections With the Polygonal Lasso
Photoshop Elements provides several selection tools, all of which will do an effective job of selecting a subject to extract it from the background. My favorite approach, although it may seem unconventional to some users, is to use the Polygonal Lasso tool.
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Lois
May 6, 2010 at 10:57 am
That was a wonderful tut by Diana. I will try it one day.
LINDA A.
January 2, 2011 at 7:18 pm
thank you , I finally got this done, it took me awhile, because it would connect before I was finish.
so I save it in pieces, and it work better, yes, the fill color background really helps to clean up my
work, practice, practice,I will takes notes so I dont have to go back and forth. I will do this again THANKS you have a great site
Marina
October 4, 2012 at 3:46 pm
This article is a little misleading (or the opening picture is). I appreciated the advice on selecting, but the tutorial did not say anything about creating realistically looking shadows.
So the result we get following the advice will not be even close to the great looking opening picture.
Rick
October 4, 2012 at 4:06 pm
Hi Marina,
We’re weren’t _trying_ to be misleading; the real aim of the tutorial was to help folks understand how powerful the Polygonal Lasso tool is for making selections — and that you often need a bunch of different tools and techniques for making good selections.
Rick