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#+title: Notes on Lesson 06 - Selections | PiXimperfect

* Links
- [[../photoshop-for-complete-beginners.org][TOC | Photoshop for Beginners]]
- [[https://bit.ly/3O2a4IB][Downloadable Practice Files]]

- Curr: https://youtu.be/jBCDKCpsmso?si=p04UcrDiAYCQ0gzi&t=1327

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+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=0s][00:00 - What are Selections?]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=170s][02:50 - Important Announcements]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=229s][03:49 - Ways to Make Selections]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=365s][06:05 - Lasso & Polygonal Lasso Tool]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=737s][12:17 - Quick Selection Tool]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=999s][16:39 - Select Sky]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=1082s][18:02 - Select Subject]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=1327s][22:07 - Color Range]] *current*
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=1634s][27:14 - Select and Mask]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=1922s][32:02 - Obsolete Techniques]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=1963s][32:43 - Save and Load Selections]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=2036s][33:56 - Modifying Selections: Contract]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=2138s][35:38 - Modifying Selections: Expand]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=2321s][38:41 - Modifying Selections: Feather]]
+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCDKCpsmso&t=2471s][41:11 - Important Reminder]]

* Notes
** selection tool intro
1. a selection is an area we are targeting
2. the quick selection tools try to find edges
3. you can increase or decrease the size of the brush via the ][ keys
4. select with the brush by painting over what you want
   - to deselect hold the ALT/OPT key
   -
     [[file:../_share/data/piximperfect/photoshop/lesson06/example-01.psd]]

** how to make selections
1. lasso tools
   - marquee tools
   - quick selection tool
   - object selection tool
     - click on the icon
     - choose the mode (rectangle or lasso)
     - circle the object
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2. pen tool
   - takes a long time
   - precise
   - used in commercial

3. color
4. select and mask
5. adobe AI masking
   - select subject
   - select sky
6. misc
   - brush tools
   - channels

** lasso & polygonal lasso tool
- select anything with the lasso tool
- to switch between lasso and polygonal hit ALT

*** lasso tool
**** close the selection
- double click

**** deselect
- CMD+D

**** create a new layer with selection
- go to layers and select the layer you want
- hit CMD+J

**** content aware fill
- Edit-> Content Aware Fill

**** fill the area with a color
- OPT+DELETE

*** polygonal
**** deletes last point
- CMD+DELETE

*** adding and take away
- subtract: ALT
- add: SHIFT

**** you can also do this using buttons
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** quick selection
- file:../_share/data/piximperfect/photoshop/lesson06/examples/example-04.psd
- tries to find the edges of the object
- all you have to do is just paint over it

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*** sample all layers
- when checked off it only looks at the currently selected layer
- when check on, it looks at all layers under the cursor when making a selection

*** make a mask
just click the mask button in selection

*** place image on top of another
1. create a new layer based on the original by dragging the original layer down to the plus button
   - the cursor will change to a hand symbol and you will have to move that over the correct button
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2. click the mask button on the new layer
3. add an image between the original and the new selected one
4. pick a different blending mode (ie linear burn) that will affect the background of the original image but not the selected section which you place above

5. use curves to lighten parts of the image
   - you can limit the curve effect using masks

     1. select the mask icon

     2. click CMD+I
     3. paint the white area you want to use
     4. use a gradient white-black

** select sky
exactly what it sounds like

** select subject
in the top bar under 'select subject' you can drop down and choose to use adobe's servers

** color range