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Easy Selections With the Polygonal Lasso

By Diana Day  ·  Issue: May/June 2009 (V6N3)

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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2 Replies to Easy Selections With the Polygonal Lasso:

  1. Lois

    May 6, 2010 at 10:57 am

    That was a wonderful tut by Diana. I will try it one day.

  2. 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

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