The Power of Selection: Using Photoshop Selection Tools
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In this Guided Project, you will:
Build complex selections with Photoshop’s many selection tools.
2 hours
Intermediate
No download needed
Split-screen video
English
Desktop only
During this project, you’ll use marquee tools, quick selection tools, and other selection tools to select, mask, and combine multiple images into a single composite. By the end of the project, you’ll be comfortable building selections of objects and people, two extremely useful abilities in Photoshop.
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Skills you will develop
Adobe Photoshop
Graphic Design
Learn step-by-step
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Set up your Photoshop workspace and background layer
Use color range, marquee, and lasso tools
Select a solid subject
Select an object
Create a semi-transparent selection
Save and export your work with Photoshop
Create a complex selection and background swap
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In a split-screen video, your instructor guides you step-by-step
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