- Selection tools
- The Rectangular Marquee tool
- The Elliptical Marquee tool
- Single Row or Single Column Marquee tool
- The Lasso tool
- The Polygonal Lasso tool
- The Magnetic Lasso tool
- Feather the edge (make it soft and fuzzy)
- Modify your selection
- The Quick Selection tool
- The Magic Wand tool
- The Pen tool
- The Crop tool
- Transform commands
- Free Transform
- Transform menu options
The Magnetic Lasso tool
![magnetic-lasso.jpg](/content/images/chap4_9780321772831/elementLinks/magnetic-lasso.jpg)
The Magnetic Lasso tool is hidden under the Lasso tool. Select it, then trace along an edge. The path it draws snaps to the edge like a magnet. This tool is not very accurate unless the image is a very high contrast image, so experiment with it, for instance, on hard-edge brush strokes you’ve made or on elements in an image that show a strong contrast between its colors and the background.