The magnetic lasso kicks ass

[worker1]

Wow, it just follows the cursor and selects lines of contrast. Very cool.

[SteveC2287]

Originally Posted by worker1

Wow, it just follows the cursor and selects lines of contrast. Very cool.

I like using the polygonal lasso more than the magnetic lasso, the magnetic lasso messes up sometimes and selects the wrong thing. The polygonal lasso is kinda a pain, but you get more control of it

[Gallo_Pinto]

the magnetic lasso will give you bad aliased edges if you're using animage that had a lot of jpeg compression on it. Sometimes it's a good idea to go back and touch things up with some other selection tool.

[Thrice]

also try Tools > Extract, i think it is. And use smart highlighting.

[bc_2005]

use magnetic, just hit backspace if it screws up and just click at a shorter distance from the last point