Photoshop Selections:

Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

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About this Course

Take charge of Photoshop and hard-to-select objects like hair, fuzzy edges, and color ranges. This course teaches you how to make better, more targeted image adjustments with the selection tools in Adobe Photoshop CC.

Expert shows how to make precise selections for masking, changing color and tone, or even storing transparency. Dive into the Select menu commands and the Marquee, Lasso, and Magic Wand tools, and then learn how to refine your selections with Expand and Contract, Smooth and Feather, Quick Mask, and other controls. Photoshop power users can discover advanced techniques involving the Color Range command and alpha channel selections.

Finally, see how to leverage the smart image-analysis tools such as Content-Aware Fill and Face-Aware Liquify to make complex selections and adjustments.

 

Contents

 

Introduction
Before watching this course
1m 53s
Using the exercise files
1m 1s
A selection makes everything better
49s


1. What Are Selections?
Using selections for color and tone adjustments
7m
Using selections to create masks
7m 44s
The Select and Mask workspace
3m 16s
Select All, Deselect, and Reselect
7m 41s


2. Getting Started with Photoshop Selection Tools
Tips, tricks, and techniques for selecting areas of an image in Photoshop
6m 43s
The Photoshop Marquee tools
3m 12s
The Photoshop selection lassos
5m 1s
Moving a Photoshop selection
3m 17s
Using the options bar for advanced selection control in Photoshop
5m 24s


3. The Wand Tools
The Photoshop Magic Wand tool
3m 48s
The Photoshop Magic Quick Selection tool
2m 54s
Using the options bar for advanced wand control in Photoshop
4m 2s
Saving tool presets
2m 41s


4. Refining a Selection
Using Expand and Contract in Photoshop
4m 1s
Grow, smooth, and feather a selection in Photoshop
6m 52s
Transforming a selection in Photoshop
5m 7s
The Inverse command in Photoshop
3m
Adding to and subtracting from a selection
5m 43s
Refining a selection with the Quick Mask command
5m 30s
Improving selections with the Select and Mask command
6m 49s
Advanced control with the Select and Mask command
5m 49s


5. Power User Techniques
Using the Color Range command to select a color
6m 33s
Using the Color Range command to select a tonal range
6m 20s
Using the Color Range command to select skin tones
5m 31s
Creating a selection based on focus area
6m 2s
Using the Select Subject command
7m 32s
Making a selection with the Pen tool
4m 6s
Third-party masking plugins
7m 11s


6. Creating Selections with Channels
What are channels?
5m 6s
Creating a selection from a single channel
4m 49s
Saving a selection as an alpha channel
3m 14s
Refining channels with the Save Selection command
3m 18s
Creating a selection from two channels with the Calculations command
9m 4s
Saving channels with your output file
2m 34s


7. Content-Aware Fill
Making an initial selection for Content-Aware Fill
2m 43s
Refining the sample area for Content-Aware Fill
3m 21s
Controlling Content-Aware Fill output
4m 33s
Using selections and Content-Aware Patch
3m 34s
Using selections and Content-Aware Move
3m 12s


8. Face-Aware Liquify
Adjusting the selection points for Face-Aware Liquify
4m 10s
Refining an image with Face-Aware Liquify
4m 23s

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