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What is elliptical marquee tool?

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Q: What is elliptical marquee tool?
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What setting does the Elliptical Marquee tool have that the Rectangular Marquee tool does not?

The Marquee tool is just a way of creating a selection in a certain shape. The rectangular marquee tool creates a selection in the shape of a rectangle (as you might imagine), whereas the elliptical marquee tool creates a selection in the shape of an ellipsis (oval) or circle.


Where is the elliptical marquee tool in Photoshop?

In photoshop the oval tool is called the ellipse tool. The keyboard shortcut for all the shape tools is U (press the U key). It will highlight the currently selected shape tool in the tool bar on the left of the photoshop window. If the ellipse tool is not allready showing just click the little triangle in the lower right of the shape tool to bring up all the shape tool options, find the ellipse tool and click it. There is also an ellipse (oval) selection tool called the elliptical marquee tool. The keybaord shortcut is M for the marquee tools. To find it use the same method as above.


How do you add selection in Photoshop?

Using selection tools from Toolbox: Magic Wand, Quick Selection tool, Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools...


How do you select in Photoshop?

Use any selection tool from Toolbox on left side of screen (Window>Toolbox). Selections tools are Magic Wand (W), Quick Selection tool (W) Rectangular Marquee tool (M), Elliptical Marquee tool (M) or use powerful Color Range command from Select menu.


What is marquee tool?

Marquee tool does use to make selections, and it makes rectangular selections. Choose marquee tool from the toolbar, (Or press M) and pull to draw rectangle and it will appear selection with marching ants surrounded. With this selection you can cut this portion, or make new layer from selection or even fill it with color or add stroke around selection etc. See related link for more details.


What does an elliptical marquee tool do in Photoshop?

It allows you to make selections in the form of various ovals and circles. By default it is free form ovals but hold shift while you make the selection and it will do a perfect circle.


What function does the magic wand tool the lasso tool and the rectangular marquee tool have in common?

Feathering


What are four useful tools in Photoshop?

The eraser, the marker/pen, the Marquee Tool, and the Type Tool.


What tool allows you to select a single row of pixels in photoshop?

The Single Row Marquee Tool.


What is the shortcut key to the rectangular and elliptical marquee tools?

Shortcut key is M. Tools are grouped in Photoshop, to cycle through tools in marquee selection group press M or Shift + M, depend on what is defined in Edit > Preferences > General - look for Use Shift Key for Tool Switch, when this option is checked you must press Shift + M.


What tool in photoshop do you use to select and cut an image?

For selections you can your the Marquee Tool, Lasso Tool, or Magic Wand Tool. To cut that selection you can use the Move Tool, or the Ctr-X keyboard shortcut.


What is rectangular marquee?

Marquee tool does use to make selections, and it makes rectangular selections. Choose marquee tool from the toolbar, (Or press M) and pull to draw rectangle and it will appear selection with marching ants surrounded. With this selection you can cut this portion, or make new layer from selection or even fill it with color or add stroke around selection etc. See related link for more details.