How to use the Marquee Tools in Photoshop
Rectangle Marquee Tool
1. Click On the Rectangle Marquee Tool or the so called selection tool from the tool bar of Photoshop.
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2. Click, hold and drag the mouse over the object you want to select. Press Shift while dragging the mouse to maintain the ratio of the selection.
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3. After completing the drag you will find the highlighted selection.
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4. Right-click on the selection while selection any selection tool from the tool bar to open additional selection options for any selected area.
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5. You can use layer via copy or layer via cut to copy or cut the selected part. Example: Here we have used the layer via cut on the selected area.
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Elliptical Marquee Tool
6. Similarly you can use the elliptical Marquee tool to select an ellipse from an object. Hold Shift while dragging the mouse to create a perfect circle.
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Single Row Marquee Tool
7. Single Row Marquee Tool allows us to select a row of pixels from a picture or layer.
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8. Single Row Marquee Tool makes a selection like this. It looks like a single stroke of selection, like it is selecting nothing. but actually it is selecting a row full of pixels from the selected layer.
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Single Column Marquee Tool
9. Single Column Marquee Tool allows us to select a column of pixels from a picture or layer.
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10. Single Column Marquee Tool makes a selection like this. It looks like a single stroke of selection, like it is selecting nothing. but actually it is selecting a column full of pixels from the selected layer.
![](https://home/u834059406/domains/duttastudio.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/marquee-tool-use-8-1024x576.jpeg)