PixelStyle Photo Editor

How to Make Freehand Selections?

Selections can be great help when you want to alter or adjust one specific portion and leave others unaffected.

 

Step 1. Select the “Lasso Tool” in the Tools panel.
Lasso Tool mac

 

Step 2. Choose a selection mode in the Options panel. Lasso Tool has five selection modes available in the Options panel:
Lasso Tool panel

A

New selection

Creates a new selection

B

Add to selection

Adds a new selection to an existing selection

C

Subtract from selection

Subtracts from an existing selection

D

Intersect with selection

Selects the overlap of two selections

E

Invert the Intersected selection

Subtracts the overlap of two selections

 

Step 3. Drag to draw a freehand selection border.
draw freehand selection

Tip:
• To close the selection, release the mouse.

 

Step 4. Refine the selection if necessary.
You are able to move and scale the selection border by eight handles.

The result after adjusting the color:
freehand selection result