PixelStyle Photo Editor

How to Use Lasso Tool with Pixelstyle?

Lasso Tool Selections Tutorials

The lasso tool selections can be great help when you want to alter or adjust one specific portion and leave others unaffected. The basic steps are as follows:

 

Step 1. Select the “Lasso Tool” in the Tools panel.

Lasso Tool mac

 

Step 2. Choose a selection mode in the Options panel. Lasso Tool has five selection modes available in the Options panel:

Lasso Tool panel

A

New selection

Creates a new selection

B

Add to selection

Adds a new selection to an existing selection

C

Subtract from selection

Subtracts from an existing selection

D

Intersect with selection

Selects the overlap of two selections

E

Invert the Intersected selection

Subtracts the overlap of two selections

 

Step 3. Drag to draw a freehand selection border.

Click the left mouse button along the shape - Return to the first selected point to form a loop. Now a selection is generated.

draw freehand selection

Tips:
• Release the mouse to close the selection.

• Draw a selection along the graphic: If the selection is too large, you can hold down Alt to subtract the region. If the selection is too small, please hold down Shift to increase the region.

• "Feather" option: The value range is between 0 and 250, which can feather the edge of the selected area. The larger the value, the feathered edge is larger.


 

Step 4. Refine the selection if necessary.
You are able to move and scale the selection border by eight handles.

The result after adjusting the color:

freehand selection result



Optional Operation Cut or Copy the Selection.
Click "Edit" in the menu bar - Select operations such as cut and copy. Please choose the appropriate operation according to your needs.

Tips:
• The shortcut key for cutting is ctrl+X, and the shortcut key for copying is ctrl+C.

 

More Advanced Functions: We can make some changes to the obtained selection individually.

Here we can zoom in or zoom out on the selection.

Select "Filter" - "Tile" - "Scale and Rotate" in the menu bar.

draw Polygonal Lasso Tool mac

If "scale" is selected and the parameter is 0.45, the selection will be divided into two.

lasso setting mac


If the scale parameter is 0.17, the selection will be divided into 8 parts. You can experience more effects by changing the parameter.

lasso setting mac


The selection can be freely combined with other images. For example:

lasso setting mac