Getting to Know the Work Area - Adobe Photoshop CC - page 19

With the Lasso tool, you can draw free-form selections; the Polygonal Lasso tool
makes it easier to draw straight-edged sections of a selection border. You'll learn
more about selection tools, making selections, and adjusting the selection contents
in Lesson 3 , “ Working with Selections .”
3. Move the pointer over the left edge of the blue color bar that you just
painted. Click just to the left of the upper left corner of the bar to start
your selection. You should begin your selection just outside the colored
area.
4. Move the cursor to the right about 1/4 inch and click about halfway
between the top and bottom of the bar. You're creating the first side of the
triangle. It doesn't need to be perfect.
5. Click just to the left of the bottom left corner of the bar to create the
second side of the triangle.
6. Click the point where you started to finish the triangle.
7. Press the Delete key on your keyboard to delete the selected area from the
colored bar, creating a notch for your ribbon.
8. Choose Select > Deselect to deselect the area you deleted.