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The Lasso Tool!
Tadashi's contribution to the project
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For this tutorial, we're gonna go from here...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/GWDbf6Q.png)
... to here!
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/4y32knn.png)
two nerds in one
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The Lasso tool is the second tool in the second row of your toolbox, shown circled in red.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/YKQBk51.png)
*click*
When you click this tool, you are going to see the top bar change from this
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/I8XOMUi.png)
to this.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/EJExx5P.png)
Let's go over the Lasso options.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/lQEe8Xk.png?1)
The first one is the freehand lasso tool. This lets you create different shapes, like so.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/u2Lbt3a.png)
The second one is the polygonal lasso tool, which I used in the example. It lets you make perfect polygonal shapes, like so.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/2zTRkgy.png)
The third one is Feathering. It determines how 'soft' the selection is. I chose a Feathering level of 13, selected an area of my image, and got this. The black is to show you the transparentness.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/oasNam5.png)
The fourth one is Anti-Aliasing. It determines whether the selection is smooth [on], or pixelly [off]. Here's an example with...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/Ypda5q4.png)
... and without.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/pOc7e0z.png)
Now that the explaining is over, let's get to our example!
I already have my image loaded into Pixlr for this tutorial. So, I am going to go over to my lasso tool...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/YKQBk51.png)
...select my area using the polygonal option...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/Og6G8D9.png)
...hit Ctrl + C on my keyboard to copy...
...go over to File > New Image...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/OuhCvYC.png)
...select these options...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/SBMQA5I.png)
...and voila, edit done!
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/7QVMd1Q.png)
Now all you need to do is go to File > Save, and make sure you save it as a PNG file.
That'll get you this!
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/4y32knn.png)
This tool can be used to cut out shapes, but it also can be used to remove backgrounds. Though, this method is a lot harder to do.
The Lasso Tool!
Tadashi's contribution to the project
--------------------------------------------------
For this tutorial, we're gonna go from here...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/GWDbf6Q.png)
... to here!
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/4y32knn.png)
two nerds in one
--------------------------------------------------
The Lasso tool is the second tool in the second row of your toolbox, shown circled in red.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/YKQBk51.png)
*click*
When you click this tool, you are going to see the top bar change from this
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/I8XOMUi.png)
to this.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/EJExx5P.png)
Let's go over the Lasso options.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/lQEe8Xk.png?1)
The first one is the freehand lasso tool. This lets you create different shapes, like so.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/u2Lbt3a.png)
The second one is the polygonal lasso tool, which I used in the example. It lets you make perfect polygonal shapes, like so.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/2zTRkgy.png)
The third one is Feathering. It determines how 'soft' the selection is. I chose a Feathering level of 13, selected an area of my image, and got this. The black is to show you the transparentness.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/oasNam5.png)
The fourth one is Anti-Aliasing. It determines whether the selection is smooth [on], or pixelly [off]. Here's an example with...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/Ypda5q4.png)
... and without.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/pOc7e0z.png)
Now that the explaining is over, let's get to our example!
I already have my image loaded into Pixlr for this tutorial. So, I am going to go over to my lasso tool...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/YKQBk51.png)
...select my area using the polygonal option...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/Og6G8D9.png)
...hit Ctrl + C on my keyboard to copy...
...go over to File > New Image...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/OuhCvYC.png)
...select these options...
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/SBMQA5I.png)
...and voila, edit done!
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/7QVMd1Q.png)
Now all you need to do is go to File > Save, and make sure you save it as a PNG file.
That'll get you this!
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/4y32knn.png)
This tool can be used to cut out shapes, but it also can be used to remove backgrounds. Though, this method is a lot harder to do.