Lasso Tool Not Working

Question

My lasso tool on Adobe Illustraor has not let me select anything like an image. I've done multiple methods to fix this like uninstalling and restalling the app, restarting my computer, updating, and resetting preference settings on the app, but NOTHING has worked. I even tried contacting adobe support but they ended up hanging up on me.... SOMEONE PLEASE HELP I CANNOT DO ASSIGNEMNTS AS OF NOW. Thanks!

Abhishek Rao · Answer

Hi @Festive_connoisseur5106,

I'm sorry to hear you're having such a tough time with the Lasso tool. The Lasso tool in Illustrator is designed to select objects, anchor points and line segments, so it won't work directly on placed images like it does in Photoshop. Ref: Lasso tool. Could you confirm if you are trying to select parts of a raster image or vector artwork? If it is a raster image, you'll need to use Photoshop for selections. In Illustrator, the Lasso tool works best when you want to select specific anchor points on vector objects. It would help if you can share which type of content you're working with and, if possible, a small screen recording of what happens when you try to use the tool.

Looking forward to your update.

Abhishek

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