From the course: Photoshop Selections: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques
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Improving selections with the Select and Mask command
From the course: Photoshop Selections: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques
Improving selections with the Select and Mask command
- You've seen the selecting mass command do a good job on things like fur and hair. I really want to dig into this though because it is one of the trickiest things to get right. If you really take advantage of all of the options it can do an amazing job. Here, we have two different images. What I want to do is make an interesting adjustment where we make part of the photo black and white, layer in a little bit of a color, gently blending it, and then put the subject back on top in full color. This is a type of effect you might see in an advertisement where they want to knock the subject out in full color and then simplify the background, maybe for text or other types of treatment. Let me show you how it works. To start, let's begin with our subject here and I'll choose the wand tool and then come to select subject. Remember, use the cloud mode here for detailed results and click. This will analyze and attempt to find…
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Using Expand and Contract in Photoshop3m 38s
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Grow, smooth, and feather a selection in Photoshop5m 50s
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Transforming a selection in Photoshop5m 32s
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The Inverse command in Photoshop3m 39s
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Adding and subtracting from a selection6m 8s
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Refining a selection with the Quick Mask command in Photoshop4m 47s
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Improving selections with the Select and Mask command6m 11s
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Advanced control with the Select and Mask command6m 31s
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