vector shapes and marquee tools in adobe photoshop.?

I am working in Adobe photoshop, and i was told that I chose the vector shapes instead of the Marquee tools (raster) at the top of the toolbar, and that there is a difference between raster and vector tools.

The “vector tool” is actually the shape tool. It’s in the toolbar as a rectangle by default. You can press the letter U on the keyboard to pull it up.

There are a lot of different shapes in the shape tool you can choose from.

Click and drag to make your shape (vector) then click on the black arrow tool in your tool bar. With the black arrow, RIGHT click on your shape. A menu will pop up the gives you options to Stroke Path, Fill Path, or Make Selection. You want to make selection option. This works with any shape you make.

Good Luck.

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