With the Free select tool, you can freely draw
selection shapes by hand.
I click on the Free select tool
that looks like a lasso, or I can press: 'L'.
To draw a shape, I drag,
and when I return to the beginning of my selection,
I will see a yellow circle.
When my mouse is above the yellow circle,
I release my mouse and the selection closes.
To turn the outline into a selection,
and see the 'marching ants',
you can either press Enter
or double-click inside the outline.
I press Ctrl-D to deselect.
Another way to draw with the Free select tool
is by clicking.
I click once on the canvas
to start a new selection.
If I now move my mouse
I will get a straight line.
I click again
and move my mouse again.
To make a horizontal or vertical line
I press the Ctrl key.
Another way to close a selection,
is by double-clicking.
From wherever I double-click,
I will close the selection with a straight line.
Before applying the selection,
you can make some last adjustments,
by dragging the anchor points
to another location.
In the next lecture, we will look at
a more advanced way to draw selections
by using the Path tool.
I double-click inside the outline
to make the selection definite.
I press Ctrl-D to deselect.
You can both drag and click
when you make a selection.
I double-click to close the selection.
As with the Rectangle
and Ellipse select tool,
I can add to the selection,
and subtract from it.
And this is where the Free select tool
is often used for.
With the Free select tool you can quickly
fine tune an existing selection.
When I hold Shift, 
I add to the selection.
And when I press Ctrl,
I subtract from the selection.
So with the Free select tool, we can quickly make
a selection in any form.
In the next lecture,
we'll discover the Paths tool,
which is the tool
for making professional selections.
