Photoshop Selections: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques
Take charge of Photoshop and make better, more targeted image adjustments with selections—including hard-to-select objects like hair, fuzzy edges, and color ranges.
What You Should Know
Welcome
Using the Exercise Files
Exercise Files
A Selection Makes Everything Better
Using Selections For Color And Tone Adjustment
Using Selections To Create Masks
The Select And Mask Workspace
Select All, Deselect And Reselect
The Photoshop Marquee Tools
The Photoshop Selection Lassos
Moving A Photoshop Selection
Using The Options Bar For Advanced Selection Control In Photoshop
The Photoshop Magic Wand Tool
The Photoshop Quick Selection Tool
Using The Options Bar For Advanced Wand Control In Photoshop
Saving Tool Presets
Using Expand And Contract In Photoshop
Grow Smooth And Feather A Selection In Photoshop
Transforming A Selection In Photoshop
The Inverse Command In Photoshop
Adding And Subtracting To A Selection
Refining A Selection With The Quick Mask Command
Improving Selections With The Select And Mask Command
Advanced Control With The Select And Mask Command
Using Color Range Command To Select A Color
Using Color Range Command To Select A Tonal Range
Using Color Range Command To Select Skin Tones
Creating A Selection Based On Focus Area
Using The Select Subject Command
Masking A Selection With Pen Tool
Third Party Masking Plugins
What Are Channels?
Creating A Selection From A Single Channel
Saving A Selection As An Alpha Channel
Refining Channels With The Save Selection Channel
Using The Calculations Command To Create A Selection From Two Channels
Saving Channels With Your Output File
Making An Initial Selection For Content Aware Fill
Refining The Sample For Content Aware Fill
Controlling Content Aware Fill
Using Selections And Content Aware Patch
Using Selections And Content Aware Move
Adjusting The Selection Points For Face Aware Liquefy
Refining An Image With Face Aware Liquefy
Final Thoughts