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CHAPTER 2 • Essential Tips You’ve Got to Know
KillerTips
Photoshop CS
We normally use the Lasso tool for drawing freeform selections, but you’ll find
that oftentimes, while drawing your selection, you’ll need to draw a perfectly
straight segment, even for just a few pixels. You can do just that
by holding the Option key (PC: Alt key), releasing the mouse
button, and continuing to draw your selection. You’ll notice
that your cursor changes to the Polygonal Lasso tool and that
as you move the mouse, a perfectly straight selection will drag
out. When you’ve dragged the straight selection where you
want, click-and-hold the mouse button (to add a point), ...