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8. Click the Edit in Standard Mode button at the bottom of the Tools panel
to toggle off the Quick Mask.
When Quick Mask mode is active, the Edit in Quick Mask mode toggles to become
the Edit in Standard Mode button.

9. Choose Edit>Copy to copy the active selection.

10. Click the Close button on the Lightning.jpg
document tab to close that fi le. Click Don’t
Save when asked.

11. With cd-artwork.psd active, choose Edit>Paste.
Th e feathered selection is pasted into the fi le as a new layer.

12. Save the fi le, then continue to the next exercise.

Understanding the Lasso Tool Variations

The Polygonal Lasso tool creates selections
with straight lines, anchoring a line each time you
click. To close a selection area, click the fi rst point Polygonal Lasso
tool cursor
in the selection.
The Magnetic Lasso tool snaps to high- Click each spot
contrast edges. You can use the Options bar to to anchor the
control the way Photoshop detects edges: selection line.
• Width is the distance from the edge the
cursor can be and still detect edges; set this
higher to move the cursor farther from edges.
Magnetic Lasso
• Contrast is how different the foreground can tool cursor
be from the background and still be detected;
if there is a sharp distinction between the fore-
ground and background, you can set this value Drag near the
higher. edges of the object
and the selection
• Frequency is the number of points that will snaps to the edges.
be created to make the selection; setting this
number higher creates fi ner selections, while setting it lower creates smoother edges.

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