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Making Selections in Photoshop - Masking

Making selections in Photoshop can be overwhelming when you start. But once you understand what the tools can do making selections can become like second nature. A good selection can make the difference in an image between beginner and expert looking final products.

The different Selection Tools include:
     Marquee Tools - Include Rectangular, Elliptical and Single Row and Single Column. This tools do what they claim. While using the Rectangular or Elliptical Tools if you hold down the Shift Key it constrains the proportions of the selection into a square or circle. If you hold down the Option key it starts to make the selection from the centre. (You can hold both keys at the same time to make a circle or square from the centre). 

     Lasso Tools - Lasso makes a free hand selection. The Polygonal Lasso tool creates a selection that consists of multiple line segments. The Magnetic Lass tool tries to attach to what it sees as a potential outline.

     And finally we have our Quick Selection tool and Magic Wand. The Magic Wand makes selections based upon pixel colours. You can change the Tolerance of this tool in the Option bar so that it selects more or less pixels. The Quick Selection Tools works on selecting in an area trying to also match pixels - the large the brush tip the more it will pick up.

To add to your selection hold SHIFT and to take away from your selection hold OPTION.

Today you are going to work with the selection tools to select the subjects from the below images. You will then activate a Mask. You can invert your mask or your selection. To invert a selection the short cut keys are command+shift+i. (To invert you are switching what is selected and what is not selected)

You will then place a new back ground behind the image.
blue_roses.jpg
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boy_playing_guitar.jpg
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donuts.jpg
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funky_socks.jpg
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guitar_hat.jpg
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surpirse_text.jpg
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More Practice for Selections and Masking

Make a selection, add a mask and then move the image to a new background.
boy_sitting.jpg
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bridge.jpg
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cat_as_frog.jpg
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elephant.jpg
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elephant2.jpg
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homework.jpg
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kitten.jpg
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polaroid_line.jpg
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puppies.jpg
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rhino.jpg
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smart_phone.jpg
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