Polygonal Lasso Tool

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The Polygonal Lasso tool is useful for drawing straight-edged selections.

Select Polygonal Lasso tool in the Tools palette.

  1. Click in the image to make a starting point.
  2. Do one or more of following:
    • To draw a straight selection line, position pointer where you want to end the line, and click.
    • To erase recently drawn lines, press Backspace ←
  3. To close the selection border:
    • Position pointer over the starting point and click.
    • Double-click.
    • Press Return ↩

To temporarily switch to Lasso tool, hold down Option ⌥

Tool Options

You can switch to Lasso tool and use the following Polygonal Lasso modes:

The Polygonal Lasso tool also has an option called "Anti-alias" to smooth the edges of a selection.

Learn more about how to enhance a selection.
Selection tools

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