Nikon Capture NX2 Lasso and Marquee Tools, Polygon Lasso Tool, Rectangle Marquee Tool

Lasso and Marquee Tools

The lasso and marquee tools enable you to create a selection on your images that will limit where an enhancement affects your image. The selection created by the lasso and marquee tools will also limit the

effect of the selection brush as well as the selection gradient and fill / remove tools. You can use the lasso and marquee tools to limit the placement of any enhancement found within the Adjust or Filter menus, as

well as the color, black, neutral, and white control points.

There are four lasso and marquee tools to choose from. You can select among these four tools by holding the mouse down on the lasso and marquee icon in the toolbar and selecting from the tools that appear.

Lasso Tool

The lasso tool is the default lasso and marquee tool and enables you to freely draw a selection on the image.

Polygon Lasso Tool

The polygon lasso tool enables you to draw a selection by connecting anchor points with straight lines. These anchor points can be moved to alter the selection while still retaining straight lines to the other anchor points.

A Please Note: Any additional selections made will remove these anchor points.

Rectangle Marquee Tool

The rectangle marquee tool enables you to draw a rectangular selection.

Hold down the Shift key while drawing the selection to constrain the selection to a square.

Hold down the Alt key (Windows) or option key (Macintosh) while drawing the selection to draw the selection from the center instead of the corner.

Oval Marquee Tool

The oval marquee tool enables you to draw a round selection.

Hold down the Shift key while drawing the selection to constrain the selection to a circle.

Hold down the Alt key (Windows) or option key (Macintosh) while drawing the selection to draw the selection from the center instead of the corner.

To make a selection using the lasso and marquee tools, follow these steps:

1Click on the lasso and marquee icon in the toolbar. Selecting the (+) icon next to the lasso and marquee icon will let you create a selection in which only the objects contained within the selection will be affected. Selecting the (–)icon next to the lasso and marquee icon will let you create a

selection in which only the objects outside of the selection will be affected.

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