Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0 Classroom in a Book®

Selecting with the lasso tool

You can use the lasso tool to make selections that require both freehand and straight lines. You’ll select the fountain pen for the collage using the lasso tool this way. It takes a bit of practice to use the lasso tool to alternate between straight-line and freehand selections—if you make a mistake while you’re selecting the fountain pen, simply deselect and start again.

1.	Select the zoom tool (), and click the fountain pen image as needed until the view enlarges to 100%. Make sure that you can see the entire pen image in the window.
2.	Select the lasso tool (). Starting at the lower left of the image, drag around ...