Perfecting Selections in Adobe Photoshop
Perfect your Photoshop selection powers! Join Dave Cross as he equips you with all the information you need to know to create accurate selections as efficiently as possible. Dave goes through all of the various selection tools, discussing their pros and cons, and demonstrating how to get the most out of each one. From learning pre-selection strategies to mastering techniques for fine tuning your selections, Dave will provide you with the key elements needed to choose the right selection techniques for the job at hand to end up with a great selection.
Release Date: 2017-02-01
Lessons
Why Make Selections?
Join Dave as he introduces the class and explains what selections are and why they are important.
Duration: 6 mins 42 seconds
Pre-Selection Strategies
How you think about selections is important to determining your approach to your selection techniques.
Duration: 9 mins 23 seconds
Marquee Selection Tools
There are two main marquee selection tools that you need to know due to their common usage.
Duration: 7 mins 18 seconds
Lasso Tools
The lasso tools are incredibly useful in a number of situations.
Duration: 6 mins 46 seconds
Magic Wand and Quick Selection Tools
The Magic Wand and Quick Selection tools are automatic selection tools that can be very powerful and useful.
Duration: 8 mins 43 seconds
The Pen Tool
The Pen Tool was one of the most accurate tools for creating a selection, but it does take some time to master.
Duration: 8 mins 11 seconds
Color Range Selections
The Color Range is similar to the way the Magic Wand works, but with more interactivity.
Duration: 11 mins 18 seconds
Quick Mask
Quick Mask changes the way you look at your selection, and provides a way to tweak it too.
Duration: 7 mins 48 seconds
Using Channel Information
A slightly more advanced technique to create a selection is to use the channel information to create a mask.
Duration: 9 mins 22 seconds
Feathering
In this lesson Dave discusses what feathering is, when to use it, and how to do it.
Duration: 4 mins 18 seconds
Fine Tuning a Selection
A good technique is to start with one selection tool to create the initial selection, and then use other tools and techniques to refine that selection to meet your needs.
Duration: 6 mins 1 seconds
The Select Menu
The Select menu contains a number of options to help you adjust your selection.
Duration: 14 mins 12 seconds
Using Adjustment Layers
Sometimes Adjustment Layers can be useful on a temporary basis to help the selection tools get the job done.
Duration: 3 mins 12 seconds
Loading Selections
Selections can be saved for re-use, and there are a few techniques for quickly creating selections from other elements in the image.
Duration: 6 mins 12 seconds
Conclusion
Dave wraps up the class with some closing thoughts.
Duration: 0 mins 29 seconds