The Clothes on Their Backs
By Linda Grant
Completed November 12, 2012
The Clothes on Their Backs is the Orange- and Booker-nominated book by Linda Grant – and it’s certainly worthy of its accolades. Set in London during the 1970’s, it’s an enthralling look at family relationships, war and growing up in the shadow of family secrets.
The Magnetic Lasso Tool is one of three lasso tools in Photoshop. We've already looked at the first two - the standard Lasso Tool and the Polygonal Lasso Tool - in previous tutorials. Like the Polygonal Lasso Tool, the Magnetic Lasso Tool can be found nested behind the standard Lasso Tool in the Tools panel. The Lasso tool is one of several basic selection tools available for you to perform selective editing. The lasso tool does not select with geometric or predefined shapes as with the rectangular, elliptical marquee or polygon lasso tools, nor does it use an algorithm based routine to automatically make a selection like the magic wand tool. The lasso was created from Aphrodite's Magic Girdle by the Amazons craftswoman Metala at the behest of Queen Hippolyte, and its magical properties were granted by the Goddess herself and by Athena: the l The Lasso of Truth is Wonder Woman's primary tool and weapon; a magical golden lariat that forces anyone captured within it to obey the wielder's commands and tell the truth.
The Magnetic Lasso tool is one of three lasso tools available in Photoshop – Magnetic Lasso, Polygonal Lasso and the simple Lasso tool. You can find them as the third icon from the top in the toolbox. Although fundamentally similar – each of these three tools helps you create selections – they differ broadly in function. With the aid of her magic lasso, the League’s strongest heroes, including Wonder Woman, Superman, and Martian Manhunter, head into space, where The Lasso extends itself to enormous lengths and wraps itself around the entire planet. The heroes take hold of The Lasso and pull the Earth into its natural orbit.
Vivien Kovacs is the daughter of her reclusive, refugee parents, who emigrated from Hungary to London during World War II. Vivien’s parents shielded her from life’s experiences, including a complete avoidance of Vivien’s uncle Sandor, who also lived in England after the war. Once Vivien graduated from college, she became more and more curious about her mysterious uncle, who had served time in prison for being a “slum lord.” She finally got an opportunity to meet him and forged a relationship with her uncle, despite her father’s wishes.
I can’t say Vivien was the most likable character, but she was very believable. She was flawed and human, like her uncle. I was most intrigued, though, by Vivien’s mother, Berta. She was a minor character in the book, but Grant left enough of a breadcrumb trail to make you wonder more about her. I think there was more there than met the eye.
The Clothes on Their Backs is a superb telling of the World War II refugee experience and the circumstances of family secrets. Most skeletons find their way out of the closet, and Vivien’s family was no exception. Grant had me at Word One, and I devoured this novel, eager to learn more about Vivien and her family. I was slightly dissatisfied with the ending, especially the death of Uncle Sandor, but this is a small quibble. All in all, The Clothes on Their Backs was a readable and fascinating story about family relationships. ( )
Magic Lasso Wonder Woman
- Upload an image using the form above.
- Press and draw in the workspace to create a freeform lasso selection.
- The selection is completed when the mouse is released.
The lasso tool allows you to create a selection of any shape you desire by tracing with your freehand. You may find the lasso tool to be the tool of choice for quickly tracing irregular forms to make a selection in an image, provided you have a steady hand and command a satisfactory level of artistic dexterity that allows you to trace shapes without much difficulty.
Choosing the Lasso Tool
The tool can be found in the toolbar in the cluster of tools that are used for selecting. It is easily recognized by the looping rope icon. Clicking the icon will activate the tool and load the tool options bar with the settings for the lasso tool. You can set the mode for selecting in the tool options.Creating the Selection
Assuming you have loaded an image and activated the lasso tool, creating a selection is simple and intuitive. Look for the area or object in the image you want to make a selection around. When you have decided on the area you want to surround or 'lasso' with a selection, press anywhere along the edge of your desired area to start. Continue tracing around the edge of the area by keeping the mouse pressed and carefully following the edge with the mouse. A line will be draw to show the path that is being made by the lasso tool. When you have completed surrounding the desired area release the mouse to complete the selection. A marching ants dashed line will outline your new selection.Editing with the Selection
With an active selection you can apply edits that are restricted to the selected area. If for example you select the brush tool and paint over the selected area you will see that the brush strokes will only change color in the area bounded by the marching ants dashed line. Any edits you make to the image will only affect the selected region whether you apply a filter or change the brightness.You can use the lasso tool for quick background removal. To do this you have to use the eraser tool or use the 'Clear' command under the 'Edit' menu to remove the selected region. If you erase or clear immediately after selecting with the lasso tool you will notice that you will remove the portion of the image inside the lasso selection, which is not what you want. To remove the area outside the selection you have to invert the selected area. This can be done by choosing 'Invert' under the 'Select' menu. After inverting you can now use the eraser and the region outside your selected object will be erased.
Magic Lasso In Illustrator
Magic Lasso Tool Gimp
| Features | Gifgit Editor | Lunapic |
|---|---|---|
| Browser based editing (No software download) | Yes | Yes |
| Layers | Yes | No |
| Layer Masks (Non-Destructive Editing) | Yes | No |
| Selection tools | Yes | No |
| Undo History List | Yes | No |
Magic Lasso Gimp