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Notes on Lesson 06 - Selections | PiXimperfect

• Links
  • timestamps
• Notes
  • selection tool intro
  • how to make selections
  • lasso & polygonal lasso tool
    • lasso tool
      • close the selection
      • deselect
      • create a new layer with selection
      • content aware fill
      • fill the area with a color
    • polygonal
      • deletes last point
    • adding and take away
      • you can also do this using buttons

Links

• TOC | Photoshop for Beginners
• Downloadable Practice Files
• Curr: https://youtu.be/jBCDKCpsmso?si=F1EwtQSjpsezfs5u&t=740

timestamps

• 00:00 - What are Selections?
• 02:50 - Important Announcements
• 03:49 - Ways to Make Selections
• 06:05 - Lasso & Polygonal Lasso Tool
• 12:17 - Quick Selection Tool current
• 16:39 - Select Sky
• 18:02 - Select Subject
• 22:07 - Color Range
• 27:14 - Select and Mask
• 32:02 - Obsolete Techniques
• 32:43 - Save and Load Selections
• 33:56 - Modifying Selections: Contract
• 35:38 - Modifying Selections: Expand
• 38:41 - Modifying Selections: Feather
• 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
   • /notes/graphics-piximperfect/src/commit/96c9560c80c6b4337d0651fef7ebf776f461e2ca/_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

       

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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