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Lynda – Practical Photoshop Selections
Lynda – Practical Photoshop Selections
Practical Photoshop Selections reveals the importance of making precise selections, whether for masking or making color and tone adjustments, and how to make them with the tools in Adobe Photoshop. Author Rich Harrington shows how to make a basic selection with the Select menu commands and the Marquee, Lasso, and Magic Wand tools, and then refine it with Expand and Contract, Smooth and Feather, Quick Masks, and other controls. The course also covers advanced techniques such as selecting with Color Range and working with channels. Exercise files accompany the course. Topics include:
Creating masks from selections Moving a selection Selecting with the Quick Selection tool Transforming a selection Using the Refine Edge command Selecting a color or tonal range throughout the image Making a selection with the Pen tool Saving a selection as an alpha channel Creating a selection from multiple channels with the Calculations command
