# Can I continuing dots that have been selected by magnetic lasso tool with pen tools ?

Sometime magnetic lasso tool always selecting some area that i don't want it to be selected

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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: Student at SMAN 5 Cimahi
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Keep in mind that any automated tool like the lasso will work better when there the object you are selecting has well-defined differences in hue and luminance from the background. 

Using the Shift or CTRL+ keys work when using the lasso tool.  If you are using the latest version, you might find some other features faster and more accurate when selecting objects. For example:

I've had good results with the Object Selection Tool - https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/making-quick-selections.html

You can also use the select and mask workflow to refine your edges. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/select-mask.html

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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: Director of Learning and People Development at American Customer Care and Premiere Response 



### Comment 2

Yes. If you are a pc user, hold the Shift Key while you have your selection tool. Mac users hold the CTRL +, Selection Tool. 

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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
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### Comment 3

I am not sure, what you are trying  select, but for my job, as a graphic artist for Muttropolis, I am constantly cutting out animals and placing them on obsurd backgrounds. So shadows and edges of fur or hair are my two biggest challenges.   
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I find using photoshop short-cut tools like magnetic lasso and magic wand never are good enough for me and if I am in a hurry it usually takes twice as long with those tools  (even by going back and forth and holding the subtract and minus features). So what I do instead  is get comfortable, with a glass of wine, sometimes a good craft beer,  and adjust my lasso feather to about 1.5  ( this depends on the resolution of the photo) 1.5 works well for about 2400px square.  Up to1.75 for higher resolution and 1.0 for lower. 0.5 for straight lines or objects that are not "frizzy, fluffy, or hairy". Then I cut (select) about 2 mm, 3px inside the edge of my subject. I do this to prevent any background color from bleeding in. 
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To save time I don't follow the exact edge of the animal, it is more like a haircut and I am cutting it the way the viewer expects to see it. What is most important is that you make erratic tiny back and forth motions along the edge while selecting (just a few mm back and forth) Imagine a sewing machine, making  cross stitches, but it is broken so the stitches are not symmetrical.  
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 You may think this takes a long time, but  consider it meditative, take a couple of breaks...  But expect to be amazed because the result is extremely realistic! And after you are done, think about it, was it really that much longer than doing that unsatisfactory  job with the magnetic lasso? 
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FYI:  Always make a copy layer first when doing this.  

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### Comment 4

If you're asking can you add to a 'SELECTION' that you started with the Lasso tool with the other selection tools (Elipse, Rectangle, Wand, etc...) then yes, you can.  Just hold down the SHIFT key when doing it to add and ALT to subtract from your slection.  But I don't believe there's a PEN selection tool.  You can't use the regular drawing pen to add to a selection that I know of.

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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: Dispatch and Facilitation Manager




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