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Sometimes the camera makes a mistake, you compose the picture {in a rush or an unwanted object needs to be cloned out, and your need the help of an image-editing program to put things right. The camera also captures the world ina very literal way, so that the image you see on your computer screen can look like a rather pale Imitation of what you saw in your mind's eye. ‘This is where you need a really good image-editing program, and Photoshop is the best there is. I's a supremely well-designed application with a clean and simple interface that’s weleoming for beginners but offers experts all the power they need. Photoshop can fix those annoying flaws that stand between a good photo and a great one; it can help you restore the drama, beauty and atmosphere ‘you're trying to capture, and it can ‘supercharge’ reality to produce images that simply take your breath away. We've put together this guide to help you get the very best from Photoshop CC and your own photography. We show you how to organise your images using Bridge or Lightroom, get the best possible quality from your raw files with Adobe Camera Raw, and unleash the full power of Photoshop's selections, masks and layers tools.4 L FUTURE 1 rPhotoshopCHAPTER 1 Organise your images Introducing the Bridge works Inocucnte Litroom you te inechengtte Car CHAPTER 2 Essential tools intrckngthe Photoshop Took pane Recamposeandtimphotos hth Learmtb use nage Se and Cara Nest Aust cokars selechely tt ue/ Saturation. CHAPTER 3 Get creative with layers Resize and sea bye with Trantor ols BecreatnewihBiendmed Aad specletfects she Layer Sie CHAPTER 4 Making selections Introducing Phe Usrathe ra Lesrnto use the bs Hon touse he Lasso tots Protochopsinalignt slocion too reatereose,edtabe selon wiht Pen ol Feltingseections n Quick Mask mode Perfectyour selector singin Eg CHAPTER 5. 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The Photoshop Elements Bridge isa powerful image browser that ‘Wemay have thousands of photos Organize allows you to add star ratings and enables you to take control over your digital scattered actoss hundreds of folders on our Keywords Lightroom’ Library module does a _ assets before exporting them to Photoshop ompiters, These folders tend to displsy Similar job. Photoshop CC and CS use 3 for editing. On this spread we'l introduce you images according to when they were captured, companion application called Bridge to help _ to the key features of Bridge, nd demonstrate 0 we have to rely on our memory of what was you sort the whest from the chaff Ifyou how to-estomise the workspace to splay ‘hot when as we search fora particular photo. access the full version of Photoshop 36a images in a mote useful way Photoshop eto wD Bridge workspace Get to know the key s of Adobe METADATA, ‘This panelemustes the spay on your egal SLR treads the metadta naa FILTERS ‘at meet specie cei suchas hose witha spec trating ou ‘Sscover images tha were captures sath aporicusr shutter sed sating torenampe KEYWORDS. Tsar yout ay — Recrontees actre ieenetaryetae pole FOLDERS: ‘THUMBNAILS: WORKSPACES hau eee eae eee GheteFotestototweteiindiginsourinagsat__—«‘Tisoriseabloovtogarante asus newt ca acre a Tee oe A sees seee nee Toes acon seme Roctommienteyed — muatienaterneeees Wok erawmie seasOverview Customising Adobe Bridge ake a closer look at your pictures FILMSTRIP Selected thambnal ata much ergersaein the Preview Seno Shift sk fo select rl ompare mate images. 98 LOUPE VIEW The caslest way to see ifan images i focus is by looking at ‘Rat 100% magneton To doo, chek the age toate {he Loupe va Drag thelcupe to examine thelmage We can see that he mage onthe rights ured STACKING “stop smilarbokng mages om cterng up the ‘Stacke-Group A Sac, Ciek he lay ont es each thurbna contained in astak reg the scot ta), using the Filmstrip vies EDITED IMAGES ‘ready been adusteain Photoshop, youl se sco, Yu tay alto spot mare specie crs tat inate that om mags ‘THUMBNAIL QUALITY By detout yu browse araw tes content by aspaying the lowresliten thom hat was emboddeg wth hele when was captured, For amore acute pve o sours Bndtones clk here and choose Hig Qualty ply Ths wil SORT BY Tose your fesin chronological ode (vth th oldest ones ddonn men tDate Creates You can ao use hsopten nthe scent workspace todpaytheoest los the opIntroducing the Lightroom layout You can use Lightroom as your photo organisational tool instead of Adobe Bridge, and here's a guide to how it works hotoshop users now havea choice | regular‘perpetual'licence (Lightroom 6Y'or as. including raw files, before passing them over of image organisational tools. k Traditionally, Photoshop has been tovinned with Adobe Bridge — ‘ubscription-based mn. The fact i, i you ae using oh Bridge and don’t need these powerful ~ and mare complex ~ organisational tols. ly owever, if you stat to find Bridge too aging a lage collection of photographs, restrictive and inflexible, swapping to ng them ditectly or"pre-eiting' images, Lightroom could make a big difference. available both as a standalone program ith a Lightroom’s workflow modules From import t, Adobe Lightroom can take care of your entire workflow BooK pict books entire within Lightroom, ‘ach could prove avery use feature fer conmerca ptesraphers who vant sete lent ange ot photograph posucte nd saree, SLIDESHOW “This agreat way topactageupa setofotogapsiloa atareds famsiy. Sideshow can be ar spl ‘scompleata as you want. PRINT opts fr sgl cr multipage, “thoi empates or common land sev our own LIBRARY DEVELOP MAP. WEB “hiss whore youlmportyour photos Thisiswhere you'd Lighvoom’s Lightroom ean automate ‘oucan alscreste and publish wed Intothe Lgfeoemtalogue organise edingtoot Theyre the sameas aeotagged mages on ales creety wit Liga, them intfoliere snd Colectone 933 those in abe Camera aw ut Youcansddlecabon ntrmation __whichhesbult in FTP anserfor raires leben arwordsarcimere,srasdinactert rw race Manualytoimages that cont haveit, loading stig to youre hartine) eet ean: Library in detail Lightro I far FOLDERS. FILTER BAR COLLECTIONS lactons of ages ute tabu cent magnieation is area quk way to check photos METADATA,Introducing the Camera Raw editor Learn how to use the workspace that’s specifically for processing high-resolution raw images, before moving into Photoshop itself nce you've organised ated and key-word your images in Bridge you can double click them to Photoshop to edit chem. Ifyour files have been captured in EF, Standard Photoshop workspace, although you Overview Camera Raw’s tool bar Normal 1101 2103 ato v 4105 5107 9016 Custom. Z00M TOOL reedtosee he ncvualimage Diels Right ck wit he Zoo to ‘Y Constrain to image Show Overlay Clear Crop Set to Original Crop WHITE BALANCE balance by samping something et hows be white ifthe pes a8 oo «can send JPEGS into Camera Raw if you prefer using that workspace’ too, ving a photo as a JPEG, your camera ‘compressed file that doesn’t take h space on your memory card of Your computer's harddrive. However, much ofthe information about the colour and tone inthe ight or colour detal toa JPEG, you may improv Camera Raw 9.6 ‘TARGETED ADJUSTMENT ‘mp an teas eaout of ones ith 8 cles. Youcanthen agp toler end up revealing compression ‘Alar summer aky ina bands of colour instead of» smooth ent, for example shooting in raw you capture more nformation about the colours and tones in a scene. This gives Photoshop more to work with. Here's how to-use Camera Raw to revel ‘mare colour and tonal deta CROP TOOL compostion by removing the trame ‘sgn The oo enon deetrct, 20 itary time. The negnbourng Stightantoolenabieyouto ‘SPOT REMOVAL Stam too ADJUSTMENT BRUSH Tis tool enables youto make selective genre (Sugino deren J Curing) the tones 7 GRADUATED FILTER ‘This tolact the a graduate ning toda ses landscape frinstance Oryou cou brigten an nde xpoeed ndscapePhotoshop Anatomy Camera Raw editor WORKFLOW (OUTPUT) OPTIONS BEFORE AND AFTER COMPARISONS ice tga How tnd Heou_Un eatin se ean at capt ZOOM LEVEL tt often usta se the mage os dt psTeach yourself Photoshop ass] Nui Vere ]6) Boy Essential tools Heal, patch and clone, dodge and burn, improve composition and much more with the Tools panel Introducing the 16 peers ‘rogram, but it interface is designed tobe as clean Bnd efficent as possible Introducing the }toshop Tools panel proteshoe Tools pane Photoshop's comprehensive collection of image editing utilities in the Tools panel How to use the Photoshop Crop tool Images often nied to Be cropped to {improve their composition or to make them fit common screen or paper sizes Image size and Ae canvas size explained Binet ference between sesng and eeapling, and 2 6s st See ee Le nea Gave eel Ep hts ep The power of Master pee 28 mercies Hn ETOP os tthe me steps in assessing and enhancing photos ~ we explain how it works and what to Took for Master Curves in Photoshoy Discover how to use Curves, the takimate tool for tonal contol, to add panch and enhance portraits Take control of Hue and Saturation {A Hue/Saturation adjustment layer does more than change the oveal colour of your photos ~ you can use it to make precise, targeted adjustments Convert colour photos to black and white {Bre you fll control over [A Black and White adustment layer converted into shades of grey e way colours are 3 6s Take more control ur adjustments. eet Netment yer you sete Photoshop comes with alayer mask’ which you can tase to contro the srea affectedIntroducing the Photoshop workspace Get to know all of Photoshop's key interface components, and discover how they enable you edit and enhance your photographs ince its debut in 1990, Photoshop has grown and developed to maintain its role as the world’s most popular image-editing application. Indeed, the name Photoshop has become synonymous with the act of digitally processing a photograph (though Adobe Aloeant approve of this usage! Although this book focuses on Photoshop CC and CS, we'll Start by placing this most expensive and powerful vession in context with the other ‘versions ofthe Photoshop application so you can understand its strengths Adobe has now created a whole slew of free mobile image editing apps for smartphones and tablets, including Photoshop Express, Photoshop Fix and Photoshop Mix. These are Aesigned for quick image manipulation while you're on the move, The next one up is Photoshop Elements for egular desktop and laptop computers. This is a eut-dowen version ‘of Photoshop thats designed to help amateur photographers organise, edit and share ther images, Elements lacks many of the more powerful and creative fetures found in Photoshop (such asthe ability to make HDR. composites or use realistic pant brushes, but {has most ofthe tone- and colour-tweaking tools a photographer might need, aswell as ‘many of the ceatve filters in Photoshop, PPhotoshap Lightroom is Adobe's pro image organising and cataloguing tool and it has the same raw editing tools as Photoshop's Camera Rave, but it lacks the ability to edit in layers, Photoshop is stil the go-to application ‘Adobe photography family for advanced, n-depth image manipulation, allowing you to go beyond simple adjustments to colour, tone and cropping and into a world of creativityPhotoshop Anatomy The workspace LAYERS PANEL ‘By eating inayers youcan seamless combine ‘ferent elements fogstner sch ae he sts sed Can laa make non-cestructv changes ote clours Sn tone of ammage ine asstmentlayers, Se LAYER MASKS Layermaci are one ofthe moet powertltolsin Protcanep when comes tomahing composes The lack sectonof the mask makes the coresponding ‘mask using black or whte brush TOOLS PANEL Here youl ind a host of tots designe to enabie you {weal aenhanee your images Selection ols uh asthe Mage Wand enable yout oat asubect {Tom the oni tackgrund, Retouching tos such 2s theCone Stamp toalenabieyoutohde unwanted ects FLY-OUT PANEL OPTIONS BAR MENU BAR “The Photoshop interface takes up very le space, despite th comply and depth of tol Mary foptons ang contras are splayed onthese rout anes that they ean beet open fo slong 38 {hey renesded an then colpeedback toa small icon at th sce ofthe sreen Tis the Properties anal forthe Hue/ Saturation adustment yer nee youchsoseatel to work with, sch asthe Brush (colin tis example yoube bit change thetootsatnautesin te Options bar Hereyou ean thange the ep o the brush i, ts ow these Sn te ay blend wth the cours ana tones ‘nother ers using Bors modes Dire tots ‘ela erent eatable options. Sita save yur ected lesina varity of format (sich 45g owed galeries) share them va Behance ‘dabei portfolio showeaso or choose to Browse in Grid You car even ake JPEG into the (Camera Raw eto by using Fiter>Camera Raw Fite ‘You can access particular panels and ‘commends rom the manmensbar but for speodier wort thePhoteshop workspace can be customised to sut ‘our particule needs. Iryoure into photo fang then choose Windows Workspace Potography (2). this ‘oper relevant panels ‘sch as the Histogram, spyoucan analyze the spread oftonesin an Image to see it's over runcee-exposed By choosing Painting Yyoucan display the Brush Preset pecker and Color Swatch, Fee free toesperment withthe dierent Wworkspares, because they ae great way to siscover new estes, Sand you can shay 6 back to basics ith the Essentale "option.Introducing the Tools panel Discover how to access Photoshop's comprehensive collection of image-editing utilities in the Tools panel traditional darkroom photographer | tobelp us process a picture, of to.cop them | menus and sub-menu. The most usefl tole had a auite of tols to cal upon are collected inthe Tools pane, which you'll when processing images, such as find on the left-hand side ofthe workspace Dits of card that enabled selective 1g (dodging) or darkening (uraing) o vertical column, but you can undock it jctute. Other tools included an and make it lat closer t equipped the photographer to compact two-column pa predice prints of specific sizes. Photoshop Photoshop has a wide range of image Snnctaton to get to know the key players in hha avast site of equivalent darkroom tools editing tols packed into panels and buried in the Tools pane. At a glance Tools of the trade ‘This panel is docked to the edge a single ZOOM TOOL ‘Tey enable youtoz00m mand pan ‘ate sess Tap tosianmon Hand, Doub eek th Zoom ol trae the mage 1008 FOREGROUND COLOUR “The defo orepround aa boekground Swateh to change te colour Press Oto otack tothe default colours These ‘SCREEN MODES (ek hereto aeons the sereen modes. Souean focus ona cuter ee mage. EXPAND AND FLOAT COMPARTMENTS TOGGLE THE TOOLS —{oucm "sonal rss Ciena econo toggle between a The Tools panties 20 ‘TheTook paneicortans66 eos. Sfthewerapace Peseta tole long snglcoumnettocls ora shester compartments Talonptheaneiata_Cickandtasidom themovseona_betwesn the scieen nade,Photoshop Anatomy The Options bar TOOL PRESETS ot al you canuse the Opto BRUSH PRESET PICKER ‘OPACITY BRUSH PANEL HISTORYTeach yourself Photoshop = |) + ty cop 1001 eo Teal The Crop tool Maximise the potential of your photographs by cropping them to improve their composition ‘hots look their best. it enables us to remove of ‘top the edges ofa photo to create a new composition or take out unwanted objects atthe edges of the frame, much asa vaditional photographer would use a allotine to trim photos after printing them. ‘When shooting on location, we may not have enough to think aboot the best way to compose a scene, especial sf we're rushing from A to B. The Crop tool enables us to reframe the photo's subject matter at our leisure, ‘As well as removing distracting ebjects the Crop too also allows us to correct common mistakes. For example, when ‘hooting with the camera tilted at an angle you'll eeate an ‘uneven horizon, This can be as annoying as seeing a pleture hanging lop-sided on 3 wall. Well demonstate how to use 1 this Toa Schoo, we ok at the Capt Thi oO fools ofer when t comes aking the Crop tool to make the horkaon run parallel with the top and bottom of the frame. When preparing a shot for printing, it can bea challenge to get a cropped shot to have the same shape ~ or aspect ratio ~ asthe other uncropped shots from your camera. This can be iertating f you want fo ncude the photo in gallery with non-cropped pats ‘Well show you haw to constrain the Crop tal to make the cropped image have the same shape and proportions asthe original. Well also get the Crop tool to resize a shot so that it prints out with specie width snd height dimensions and fits Jntoa standard off-the-shelf picture frame. "The Crop tool located in& compartment atthe top section ofthe Tools pane, which reflects its status as 2 frequently used item It shares this compartment with the Jess use Sice tools, which are designed to help web designers chop up a Photoshop document.Improve composition Discover how fo use the Crop tool's Overla’ yy function to produce well-framed shots ‘ometimes we might Mick through a series of shots and only afew will stand out {as being of any real worth. ‘The odds are that the more aesthetically pleasing shots wil eonform tothe rule fof thirds, Ths isan artistic technique ‘that involves scparating the fame into nine equally sized boxes using > grid. By placing certain subjects in these boxes, fr getting the gris intersecting lines to overlap specific object in the scone, you can create a more pleasing and balanced composition. For example, you cou have a hill in the bottom third of the screen, a tree in ‘the mide third and sky at the top. tree could also overlap innersectng horizontal and vertical eid Tines atthe left of the fame, a in this, feature's main image on the previous page. Professional photographers like David Bailey zoom in to frame their, shots and ctop out the top of thet subjects head, producing a tighter and ‘more intimate-looking portrait. We can creatively erop a conventionally framed portrait to make a more eye-catching version with a squat fame. We'll how you how to combine a constained Aspect ratio with the Crop tools rule cl third cl grid to cree an 7 {esthetic plesing porta. BEFORE le Use the rule of thirds overlay Drawa square Get some balance Creative cropping Opens tanta port. 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TOOL PRESET PICKER 4 OPACITY AND COLOR Pe ‘eu can ue hes presets toma the Crop adie th opscty satin to mas th contest ° ‘Snerione and soto Shourotthe sna oo 2 2 Quick SWAP 5 PERSPECTIVE te ick soon to snap presets \When cropping potas of rhtectre you can se ©, ‘nth nh ae ht you ean perf {hs optoneranualy staan cone Portas andhcape rentscrops sericauatine sae be a 3 OVERLAY © TOOL COMPARTMENT . Cickheretonadacompostion nay “The Crp tool hangs tin th Too pane wth Cenventonaignas = betwenttem one . Pica Understanding... aa aay THE CROP TOOL ‘Merselectingthe | tosee cropped Crop tootfom the | areas by changing Tools panel. clckand | the shield colour rag to start droning | (2) and reducing ts acropbox|1)-Usethe | epacty Toappy the ‘rerlay to add ahandy | eropt your photo, ht Fle of thirds grid (2) | Enter or ek the tick Tobelpyoucreatea | inthe Options more aesthetialy | bar Alternatively pleasing composition. | chekanother too! 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Here’s what you need to know hen you'te preparing your photos Resizing is a non-destructive process that for printing i's easy to got caught up in the confusing array of options for width and heh percentages, pixel dimensions, resolution and ‘This is what you use to create different-sized permanently changes the pixels inthe photo difficult when you prints from within Photoshop. fo you need to mal for use But when you're creating images for enline not the original ph 3 to keep in mind at all ‘use you need to work directly in pixels, You annotation opposi times, though, isesizing’ versus resampling’ can't dsplay a 6,000 x 4,000 pixel photo.on dialog in detail Canvas Size settings and what they mean RELATIVE SIZES. you are this unchecked the values $type tha Wath and Hehe ityou ener thisbos, you type nthe mounts you wnt toad the crrent ANCHOR GADGET fot cnres areas erended cushy ‘he con rom the een tp or CANVAS COLOUR ‘Tris where you choose the colour for onder around th togaph EXTENDED CANVAS. “a age canvass the ‘pastebouc CURRENT SIZE WIDTH AND HEIGHT SIZE UNITS. Bena onet sonia reat ‘Thissectonshowsyeuyourphotos _Myoulrceasethecomassize you Youcanselthenen amas szsin__ineease the canes se tbecomes Curent, and th ont of Create emoty (nckground) space percentage ates pels ches and esbie aroun the photo Ifyou want Ieasurenentsrethesame those Srourthe pata Myourecace't you stherunts~pelsand percentages Sepratethe hota ram the cas Yauchooeeinthe New Size section. cropot the edges of he plete tendtobe the most use Convert the potato slayer fst.How to use the Image Size dialog IMAGE SIZE (MB) Tse eraton ny yout nag te sn Photoshop les acta ccs hove FITTO MENU ‘Thisofers preset mage sizes ‘on-screen pay (he op ec {Gees ces WIDTH AND HEIGHT RESAMPLE CHECKBOX AND MENU ‘Ths the box that should ring slarm els When ts checkedBEFORE The power of adjustment layers With adjustment layers you can stack up as many reversible, non-destructive image adjustments as you like ce, every aust swith them and remain fully editable, The only time their eft is ma nent is when you save a copy of mage n another fle format. without duplicating layers, using the History Adjustment laye panel, or reverting to 3 cup, ut the introdiction of adjustment layers ch re versatile. You can turn them on died image wi 1 dal down sid off to comps ‘an reduce thelr opacity {ha Adusiment aes merely change the ap ance of adjustment. You can also produce selec djustments by pointing on an adjustment layers mask, enabling you to fie So while it's tl po adjustments, for exam, sived would you? Adjust you save Sou images inthe Photoshop (psd) format, the adjustment la rs pve you mich more controlCures *s ‘Add an adjustment layer ‘Open TYCCTrp, Tle andcape has ater dl tones fd god aubjet for whole series of edhstent ie you open the Layers pel youl se stone Baceroand Igor containing he poo Click the adjustment ayer Button te bottom othe pel and howe Brigette HuerSaturatt = rinse Adding a Vibrance layer... You can now ace the new adjustment ayer added shove the Background image inthe Layers panel. But fixing the brightness and contrast has made it obvious tht this picture has a serious lack of colour seturaton, and the tclution isto add a Vibrance adjustment ayer Everything can still be changed This Peo Ferra ee aed atthe he apr pel ands oar nage bl ‘tam ok, So now we fave the adlurment ier sacle Intopf cach other but ween sl bck ant Sng the Briss Conte’ yer sy to muy the owl eet Brightness and Contrast Very quickly we can make our plete look better by increasing the Brighinas and reducing the Contrast. By the way, Photoshop's Brightnese/Contrast controls used to be pretty crue, but theyre much beter now Thy lok slmplstl, but they're actually very effective, You can tee the Vibrance adjustment lyer's been added atthe top ofthe Layers panel and we've moved its Properties panel over tothe left ofthe screen so that it oesn’t gt inthe way. Increasing the Vbrance and Saturation has helped, but were going to fnish with s Photo Fier The layer order is important You ean drag alustment layers up and down in the Layers panel to change ther order, but beavare that it ‘an change the overall effect, Here, for example, moving the Viorance ayer above the Photo Filer Iyer means that the Photo Filters warming effect has been exaggeratedBasic fixes with a levels layer Levels adjustments offer a great first step for diagnosing and then fixing issues with your picture's tonal range cvels adjustments don’t look terribly sophisticated ‘when you compare them with what you can do ‘with » curves adjustment layer, but they are a really quick and easy way to optimise your image head of any more detailed work, Often, i's only when you ve fot the levels ight that you can propery see what to do net. ‘The key to this is the histogram dispay in the levels panel, ‘rom this you can tell whether your image has a full ange of tones. Ifnot, you can érag the black point and white point sliders underneath to line up the left and right edges of the histogram. Our walkthrough, opposite, shows how this works ona rel-life image and some of the hidden depth of levels! By default, levels adjustments are applied equally to the red, green and blue colour channels, but they can also be altered Individually — levels ae handy for colour corrections, oo. ‘You'll notice that we'e creating a levels adjustment layer rather than applying levels directly tothe image layer, There ate lots of good reasons for doing it this way. One is that your Adjustments will be non-destructive ~ you can go back and change them later. Another is that adjustment layers come ‘ith Iyer masks, o that you can manually mask out areas ‘oF your photo which you want lef alone, We'll cover layer ‘masks in. later chapter, but for now we'll demonstrate not fone but three different approaches to levels adjustmentsUse the histogram as a guide Open TYCC9S,pg if You'd lke flow this process ‘wit the image wee working on hore. Fst, create a new Teves adjustment layer You'll ee that the left-hand (shadow) ‘nd ofthe histogram doesnt goal the way fl lack, so ‘tag the Back point slider tothe right to mee Alt-drag the black point slider oblem is that we'e preserving extreme shadow ni highlight dea without knowing whether i'm Tastea, hold dove the alt key a8 you ag the black Now you can se where the image wil goto @ Use the eyedroppers >here's a third approach which doeent involve the black and white point sliders at all. Instead, you use the black point, white point and middle ‘grey point’ eyedroppers tociick an area you want to be 2 soli blac, a sli white ae hd a neutal grey tone like the tarmac near the car, Be careful with the highlights Now tothe same with he white pin ier on he Yih, aging tothe et oie up wth height edge ofthe histogram Thi isthe sual method fo op tnisng image vl but hima lacks entrant even though technical ao as fal tna ange, Alt-drag the white point slider You can do the ae withthe white point lider, Nor- mally, you wouldn't want to ci any highlight detail stall, but we cam afford to lore dei in the highly elective ‘homework in this ca. This different alt-deagaing” approach isan improvement, but the picture’ sil sil wes Adjust the mid-point (brightness) ‘The eyetoppers dont ju ct the upper ad ewer brightness values they neutralise the deepest Hacks Irighten ite snd midi greys ton adaing «clo correction elect. And fra al atasent we cn ove the bi pol alle othe ight to deren the angel.BEFORE Master Curves in Photoshop Use Curves, the ultimate tool for tonal control, to.add punch and enhance portraitsPhotoshop Anatomy The Curves controls Use TONE CURVE, ‘camera Raw hast fnversion tthe Curves command PSS Preset: (Custom sere Renter (ES =E== fominceased NEUTRAL GREY EYEDROPPER Crab the neutral rey eyeroppe nd Stouldbe grey then athe otber cleus a ‘THE CURVE LINE own tolghten or darken he mage sen point you cick ster an anehor Its imprtant where you place apa Decause hs cetermines which grt Seward thet wi target sao foes, andthe eh wilchangs het CURVES ADJUSTMENT LAYERS da Curves asian fcustment ayer va | layers mask] and the Create adjustment | paint wth white or back layer icons). Thisgves | toapply the Curves eit Yyoulbteotlayerbased | tospect parts of an Options Yeu caniower | mage fyoure werking the ayer opsatyto | ina muthayered tonedowntheettect | document and youwant ‘orehanes he the Curves ayer to affect Blending mode ‘only themage ayer Ferexampe,aswiten | drectiy boon it rsther toLuminosty allows | than the ayers youtoaddcontrast | below), Alex theline without affecting colour | between thetwo layers fturton lfsatzo | to'cip the adjustment possible tohighight the ing your images to life Baek COLOUR CHANNELS An upwards ‘ede oases op ontia Yalow open the sree reser own ie senor theme! ‘ghgsand shadows S-CURVE TheS-shoped cuve saclasse Curves techmiquoforboosng contrast nd telou saturation, lending much resaed punch to atimages Theme Dronouned the S shape, the morse WHITE AND BLACK POINTS Hold tan dag the Wht ad Black Pn der and your dply wll oss {ostow eles pls you cag oneal t's best to aag the lack pont open and dag the white post ares Untithe point st belore ps appearSaturation tweaks A Hue/Saturation adjustment layer gives you rather more control over colour rendition than you might think at first at‘Add a Hue/Saturation layer ening TYCC96 jpg fom our sto ape image. ‘Te re sep oad x Hoe/ Saunton ajstment aye, Ze youcan do this sing the drop-down austen apes tne at the bottom othe Lines pel ecase the reds and yellows inthe fil The green tones are stil weak though ~ and the answers nthe dop-down colo nae rent Nett to Master by dealt, bu we need G Adjust the. peust tie tatehhotsfecting the Bowers Shing the ve ft soaks the eves lok oil eer a she, Frshing the snfuration wp to #79 makes them more intense Increase the saturation ‘Usulls the only adjustment you appl witha Hive Saturation layer isthe stration value, Changing he shifts the colours wholesale, snd there are beter ways of changing the colour in Photoshop and the lightness slider ix avery poor way of changing the overal image Brightness. Fine-tune with the eyedropper Sonow any hueAsturation adjustment will only apply to gen one inthe pice but this in seni coor range and we need 0 tighten up aie the panel's eyedzopper tool and then clicking on one ofthe seen lees, This rakes our colon election move proce ection lever ovt prt of the ie You meant to Include or stays into similar tones that shouldbe left alone If so, you can drag the bars inthe ‘olor selection gadget ~ the ier ars contol the colour range athe outer bars'festher this selected rangeBEFORE Convert colour photos to mono In black and white photography, colour is crucial — or at least how different colours are converted to grey tones howe na signs of brightness values ofthe colours in the photo as they are lack and white pho Seale to shrink alyer's he apply aransform command, abounding Dox will appear around the layers content. Depending on the command, you can drag various control points to scale, rotate for distor the content to suit your creative requirements "The Pesspective tool mirrors the positions ofthe corner control handles to equally transform horizontal or vertical perspective, This enables you to correct perspectival distortion without rummaging around inthe Lens Corection filter We'll pt the erspective Transform tool through its paces later in this Tool School. The Distort tool lacks the Constraints of the Rerspective tool, enabling you to drag any ‘ofthe bounding box’s nine control bangles to dramatialy Aistort the laye's content. ‘Tohhelp you transform with more precision, you can refer toa collection of boxes in the Options bar. These rarity of attributes like the Width or Height of, formation or even the X and Y coordinates ofthe "Transform command’ central pivot point.Take to the skies! Transform the layer contentPerspective transformations Simple tips to co rect perspectival disto and straighten skewed ¢ ost buildings have vertical walls that extend ata perspectial distortion. As you get loser to building, you need to ti ‘your camera to get the top of the Structure in shot. This increases perspectival distortion, fo avoid these converging vertical, lines you could try shooting your subject fom a moe distant vantage point, 20 you na longer need to tle Photoshop's Perspective Tran: command enables you to counteract ‘You can crop out most of these transparent edges or use the Distor. ‘command to stretch the tee pitels ove them, See the tutorial below Extend the canvas 2 Correct perspective Crop and rotate Open a photo of «building. Before we Doubleclick the Background lye. Crop the transparent areas atthe ghen the converging vers, wel Choose t need to mk ome Drag the top lft conte cai the box to roa {rme, Gat lmagesCanves Size and increase |) saighten the top ofthe ul wonky horizontal ines. Hit Ete of the cas 5 tottom left conto handle right enti the tee EditTransform Distr 0 Extenston Color to White Click OR walls run parallel to the frame ede. edges of the fame, rPerspective. bottom of the corrected iTeach yourself Photoshop cela es a Nia Man ei aiccd Photoshop Anatomy Transform command He onthe sams mands in actic xy Transfor ngular shape wpa d ne 7 1 SCALE 3 SKEW 5 PERSPECTIVE 7 ROTATE (Choose EatTanstom>Sealandthen Choose Est>Tenstrm=Skew to Choose Select Tas! rg comertandetoshrncorearssscvat the aptonYoucanthen skew Dragacomecande andthe oppose options Here weve raateatha Siayerscontert theshapeleter ih fandiowitovebythesamevaue. 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[6 enableyouto use numerical pnts always cated atthe centre | thecentre The Xana felds|2) |" Youeanclckthechainicon | values to stew a shape hor zonally Stary shapethatyouselect You | tell youtheherzontaland vertical | «|toconstrainthetwansformed | orverteally.Clekhere|1t0 Eanelek the appropiate square | positional the Wanslormed shape's aspect ratio Ths ied | acthate the Warp transform heresitochangethelecatonot | ebject'sreterence point. TheWand | [>jenablesyoutorotateashape | controls. itnecessaryBe creative with blending modes Discover the special effects you can create in moments by mixing different images together using blending modes ing mode drop-down menu that sits near left comer ofthe Layers pane is a powerful addition othe Photoshop user’ By changing the blending mode ofa lye alter the way that it interacts with the layers beneath 2 enables you to blend layers for creative effect, 0 ‘texture to age an image. "The image above was ged using a Hard Light blending mode to mix the colours and tones ofa rusty metallic texture with a buttery collage: We also used the Lighten Blending mode to ada a hint of fg tothe canal background. As the following uide shows, there are 27 blending modes in total. We've applied teach ane to the same buttery layer to show how it mixes the butterfly Iyer withthe texture layer below. As you can se, there's a wide variety of effects 1 experiment with, and the zesults will vary depending on the contents of your layers."The default made shows every pixel on the Laer normally without any blending of the lyes ‘This means tha the layers below the butters layer have no effet on the butter ‘Multiples colours inthe tp ayer with those ‘underneath Colours on the top layer that are lighter (such a the buttery’ white patterns) are replaced with pixels from the lower ayer. Darker Color Examines the colour information and selects either the top lver's colour the colours on the liver below ~ whichever is drker ~ asthe resulting colours, Teach yourself Photoshop Mines tanshucent pixels from the top layer with ‘colour and tones om the layers below, The Dutterfy’s feathered ecg is transiucent, so the Color Burn ‘This Blending mode increases the contrast ‘between the tones on each ayer Light pixels on the top layer make no change to the colours snd tones onthe liver below Produces the opposite result of Duka. Any - 4 ‘eworksouve re backgrounds, 00 ready done win | Theos Edge) the Quick Section | options moe sire tool Thecptions "| thatyourmarause faundundertheview | hes rough ges Mode heading | orother etal sans wilehange how your | that your ereated = Selectonleoksin the | selection The Output main window: Edge | (heading contains Detection 2)isa | several preferences for recentintroductionto_| how to present your Photoshop andhas | traledited selection. several waysto select | such aswith layer finedetal.suchas | mask rasa new ‘Wy-away ais. Thsisa | document Click OK to — ‘reat way oetfectvely | finale the selection. Tolerance: FE]. AnaisBEFORE, The Eraser tools Create quick and effective composite images using the underrated powers of the Eraser tools hen faced with the challenge of selecting and replacing an unwanted background we'e spilt for ters the tank of removing the ctr in or opening images background you might see three cferent approaches. "To remove the sky Photoshop user number one e Magic Wand to sample the sky pixels an ast the selection, lected pines ‘De tothe compleity and variety of some ofthe background details, Photoshop user number two might Aecide to select the parrot instead ofthe background, ‘the Quick Selection tool. few swipes ofthis brs oo] would select most of the parrot, although same ofthe bird’ Feathered edges would elude the initial selection ight If Photoshop user number theee moved his cursor over the Eraser compartment it might raise a few eyebrows. I's Uke using a saw when you needa scalpel, n't? For most of us, the Eraser is probably the last tol we'd think of reaching for when faced with a compositing challenge of any complexity. However, In this Tool School we'll show you why the Eraser tool i capable of much mone precise compositing tasks than you'd expect. ‘rast too) comes in hee variants, The standard enables you to modify options sch a8 size, softness and flow. You use it to permanently remove unwanted pixels ‘The Background Eraser samples pixel colours and tones, le sky to remove it. The ase like the others It works and, enabling ou to select a them witha elick ‘ange of similar pixels and deErase unwanted backgrounds then you use any Photoshop tool to create an inital selection marquee it's unlikely to be a perfect selection. You may need to convert it Ino layer mask by choosing Layer layer Maske Hide Selection) and then apply aback brush to the mask to remove any remaining bit, Alternatively, you'd need to apply ‘white strokes tothe mask to restore ‘etal Layer masks ae non estructive, so those hidden details are ‘il avilable ‘You may fear using the raser tool and its cousins ~ the Magi Fraser land the Background Eraser ~ because they don’t create selection marquees that cam be fine-tuned with masks, but instead permanently delete pixels By getting th three Eraser too! variants to work as team, we ean ‘remove our unwanted background ‘without worrying about fine-tuning selection marquees. Load an image similar to our parot and go tothe layers panel (Window Layers), then dlouble click the Background thumbnail tornlock it. Press Cma/Ctel-J 10 duplicate the layer. You can then click the eye feon to ice the Background layer (and use it asa safety net in case ‘you need to start editing from scratch Is "y First strike Erase the edges Get more contro! Gnb the Mifare Tletnce Gab be Bckgvund ee Grab he trter fot Remo any {odand tek Coipuous Ck Inte Brush Pree peer coos piel tat arr Caden othe Diets Ske the sy Rede Tole sof ip witha Siac of BS. Te Sampling Thc edpes To rane bucgrund ps nea Shc clk todete he ceam and Once St Limits toindEapee Ere pels) the perch bold down Shit and clit to pace Btcigound whfepscving ie cinaty —) dicen tothewhteerhesToerales |) apelet Chek the crmr on nether pot Coloured whit fates tne dae set Limits to cont uc Sdyou'lewe i sagt Une GBackground and Magic Erasers Fine-tune the ave, and learn some new tricks anc your Eraser tools be sch Eratr tol has its own Strengths and weaknesses. ‘The Eraser tol isa blunt nstrument that creates pixel destruction wherever it goes, mopping ‘up surviving pitee that have evaded the ‘more delicate work of the other two Erscer tools “The Magic Eraser performs a more targeted strike on unwanted background detals Give it the colour and tone of a large swathe of similar pixels and these areas will be erased with a click, The Background Eraser isthe most sophististed member ‘combines the Mati Era BEFORE brush based proper smart and powerful ‘well show you how to get the Magic and Background Eraser tools to perform more effectively, ch Eraser too! has its own icon ‘The Mage Eraser’ iregulrly shaped icon makes it tricky to place ton precise spot. Because of the ion's shape, you may click to remove some Sky but end up clicking the bie’s beak by mistake. By pressing Caps Lock you can replace the default icon with a rosshair, enabling you to target pixels with much moze precision, Crab the Penton the Options bat, Click the Direct Selection tool sett Place anchor points 3 click the image an round the bi Once aaugh pat alow the : stroke Path Set the Tool to Ba aro's outline, place a few peints around Reduce Tolerance to 20%. Tick Enger. Click OK. This Erase wi he sides and top ofthe fre: Place the last | Foreground Color. Hold down At and click background pels. Remowe any remaining point onthe first to complete the path to sample some ofthe bark brckaround with the Fraser too Drawa path 3 Erase the pathPhotoshop Anatomy The Eraser tools Tweak with mot ro BRUSH PRESET PICKER (ekneretomadiy te hardnse and seo the Erasor an Background Eraser tools The Eas tool ‘ko upprts he new Brite Brush presets MODE. When using the Eraser too you can eth drop THE HISTORY ERASER Our parrot’ feathers | your project by going fre acnalenge towindow> History tolsolate The toopenthe History BackgroundEraser | Panel 1, Chek the mayerasesome tthe |_itlecameraiconto feathers as wal athe | take snapshot ofthe background, You can ross Cma/CireZto Ui the stoke an restore the fathers, but you mey not notice the problem anti rch ater To restore oy det you can summon the History tracer Forth to. work youneed to start tiedited mage toedit your mage it yeumake a mistake tlek her to choose histo state Yeucan then choose the Eraser toot tek ieEraceto tory option and pant ver the mssing pues cision by jifying th Cea s Cor eer! FLOW ‘tower percentage produces aweskar stoke, ‘rabng yeu to bul up yur easing nore ERASE TO HISTORY ‘ouscan ve this optonto arate recat trokee with ny eee Bia — = | Es | haviou Cece a these brush- 7 Erase to History Ce ‘SAMPLING Youcan set the Background Eraser to Samping: Once nd ilerase sir pets, ore to Continous Toerasea wider ange of bsckround etl FORBIDDEN COLORS “This useful option stops the Backroura Eraser om colour youwantto protect.potAROID LAND CAMERA Photoshop’s basic selection tools Create and modify basic selections in your images using Photoshop's simple marquee selection tools ih their paces that you can find the ‘The most ool for any selection challenge. ‘selection tools work in different ways, any of Photoshop's tools and mena commands enable you to change the colours and tones in the entire bout they all produce a selection marquee ~2 sane compartment, You can use them to nade up of animated make simple selections, We'll kick off by which are often looking at these basic marquee selection tools ‘You may also want to isolate a particular ants! Thnk of a and demonstrate ways to mo clement from one photo and add it to another _ marquee asa fence that isolates the pixels to crete a composite image, This is where the _ within t from the rest ofthe image. You can cletion tools come in handy. There are nine then copy the selected pitel or change their Selection tools in the Tools panel, and in this colour or tone without altering pivel that fall chapter we'll show you how to put them ‘outside the selection marqueePhotoshop Anatomy The marquee tools COMPARTMENT (ick hs compartment andhald down the mouse baton osecssthe four section marquee vars ‘ect heroral ines a yu can seo ADD OR SUBTRACT 8 detauit the Rectarguar and Eliot marquees ‘ptons yu can get the ols to ao or surat {fom theintal shape that they creat, to mabe more FEATHER starpedge,Tocreate a softer edge to any slecton marge ncrease he vale nthe Feather esl edge enables coped pal to lend meve STYLE Tecreate a perectciee with he Epa! Marquee {ool ss the Se drop-down men to isda, Enipteal Maguee to constrain the shape tegcreett souchoosa Fad Size yuan pe pine vaesin THE SELECT MENU nce you've created aselectionmarguee | withthe Move too! Yyoucan moaiy te | thenyoul move ay tbehaves using | the pls within the thecommandsinthe | marquee. This handy Select] mera The | command [2] enables Modity commands | yout repsiion the enableyoutoepand | marquee without forcontract the ‘elocating ts selectionty aspect | contents Pnelvalue Yowean | Refine Edge) makes Akodecide to soften | ight work of selecting aselctonmarguee | tneky subjects such Sfteritsbeen created | as models with wspy bysccessingthe | hale Wellook at ths Feather command (2). | comméndin etl INyoudraga selection’! teri this enapter. Here we'veuse he Rectangular Morgue toot to raw two overlapping rectangles We ches he rectangles intersect andcteate anew shape SUBTRACT FROM Here we used the Subtract From onin te Options bar tocuta smalercreusr olen alee eps reat shape suc as telers nts mage) youcan ld coun tomate te marque grow outvarceHow to use the Lasso tools Round up a more complex selection of pixels in your photos with the Magnetic and Polygonal Lasso tools lasso tool with more the peous ges we ntoduced out simple Some sltion challenges requ ‘much help if you need fo select mate complex or itegulaly shaped objects, suchas the jagged mountain in our starting each pin anchor point) will always bea straight line, but with image. The Lasso tools are directly beneath the marquee tocls inthe Tools pane. Te basi Lasso tool enables you to draw a quick feehand rate curved shapes, is the most powerful ~ the Magnetie ke amore intelligent Polygonal lass. holding it ase button the ‘marquee selection is completedOpen the image Open TYCC86.pe. T Mountain hes jagged edges, i you can make a quick selection using the Magnetic ast, Clic the new Selection icon in the Options bar. Set \Wieth to 5 pixels: This stops the too's anchor pints fom straying too far fem te edge ofthe mountal. Start drawing ere’ plenty of cntast betwen the ees ofthe ‘mountain and the ay 2 leave Cont st 10% Diop Fequeny 103 toredice the number of enchor points placed bythe ol Place a point the ae ofthe mou test drwing slong the ee Delete wayward anchor points ru flow the edge an anchor pot ay go astray. Mote the cusor near the lst anchor point and hit space to delete it. Continue to dre your election If you hold down th space bar you can temporarily summon the Hand tool and dag to reposition the age Trim the selection Gab the Polyonal Lasso tool Click Subtract fron selection inthe Options bar. Place pints that trim same ofthe marguee from the sides ofthe mountain. Pl the Ie point om the first and youl create anarowe, mon Complete the path Don't worry about being too accurate because you ‘can modify the selection using other lasso too. To tum the path and its anchor point into a selection rarguce place thelist point onthe fs. The "marching nt will pear. Save the selection Well use the mountain as part ofa sured composite inthe next chapter, s0 choose Select Save Sl "Name the selection "Mountin Selection Tick New C Click OK, Well reactivate this saved tutorial. Save the PhotosTeach yourself Photoshop MAKING SELECTIONS Intelligent selection tools Isolate more complex objects using tools that use colour and tone differences in the image to create selections an make quick, rough selections by manually ing marquee using the Elipiel or Rectangular Marquee tls. Alternatively, you can ase manual selection tools sach a the Polygons Lasso tol to select more irregularly shaped subjects such as 2 Jagged mountain, The Tools panel has a third compartment Containing the intelligent selection tools. Tools such as the Magic Wand tool enable you to make selections based on similarities in cologr an tone, so you can select large areas such as skies witha few clicks, Ths tol is handy for instantly bunting out bits of sky between tree branches. The “Magic Wand tool shares its Tools panel compartment with the Quick Selection too. Like the Magic Wand tool, the (Quick Selection ool recognises changes in colour and tone, making it the perfect chotce for selecting contrasting objects Like the Mage Wand toa, the Color Range command also selects pixels based on thelr colours. With the ‘Magic Wand tool you can select the sky and then delete the marquee to leave the tee, but this may also delete leaves and fine branches, The Color range command gives you a useful greyscale preview that enables you to see precisely which areas are part ofthe selection, as you'll See in our walkthrough, All these tools make ‘marching ants style selection marquee that defines the locations of the selected pixels. By experimenting with the selection tools you can work out ‘which tool will be the most appropriate when dealing with 2 particular selection challenge. Is this walkthrough we'll Isolate a complex tree from a busy background by combining 4 range of intelligent selections tools and techniques Make a selection Open TYCCST.pg, One way to make colour-hased selections isto choose Select Color Range The sky ‘of bls, 0 leave the Select menu set to lore Click the eyedropper on» patch of sty. St ‘the Selection Preview drop-down meni to Gracie Modify the selection Hold doen Shift and ck he eeiopper tad more pathor of ky tote slctin We wit al he yt Took white otha is selected. Totur the re andres Uhh ng the Psa ier oan 95 Tracey Shit add mow patches fy tothe sectionThe Quick Selection tool Click O. Toa the field to the selection, gab the Quek Section tool fom the Tools panel. Click the to selection icon in the Options br. Paint onthe fl to ‘extend the marque into it. Click the Subtract from eon and paint oun lection Dany mistakes. The Magic Wand tool Now we'll how yuan alternative technique so that you can decide which method you prefer. Choose Fle Revert to restore the image tits orginal stat, Grab the Magic Wand tool and click the New Selection con in the Options bar Set Sample Sie to 3 by 3 Average Fine-tune the selection Grab the Quick Selection tool and click the Add to Selection icon in the Options bar. Palnt ove the eld to it tothe marquee. lic the Subtract from Selection icon ‘nd pant over the avon vegetation at the base of the tree to remove it from the selection, fst ike we dd in step 3. You've now selected the reusing an aenatveinteligent selection tol Delete the selection Tn the Layers panel, double click the Background 5's thunfnal to unlock it, Choose Edit»Cut to te the selected sky and field Tis leaves the tee and its ‘complex ewes isolted against a transparent background Press Cind/Cul-D to remove the marquee Adjust the options Set Tolerance to 2 a thatthe Mage Wand selects & vide ange of colours, given the variety of bes and whites inthe sy. Keep the Contiguous box cleared, Click to elect patch of sky, then hold down Shift and click to 38 nore aky and cloud to the selection Make a layer mask ‘We oul delete the sy awe dn step 4, bu to fi us more eting option we an turn the section ina ton-desractve yer rane Double cic unlock the teokpound ayer Choos Lajetayer Masiotlide Selection ‘The marques converts ato Haeland-white makMaster the Pen tool Isolate a complex object from a busy background using: the mighty Pen tool — it’s easier to use than you think! we mentioned eatier inthe chapter, digital | ‘The Tools pane! also has a collection of other veetor~ Jmages are made up of millions of tiny square _ | based tools such as the Rectangle and Polygonal tool, i ‘which provide primitive shapes that you can modify to enhance your graphic designs. The Custom Shape tool provides you with a number of preset shapes that you can content from | use to.complement your design projects. scratch using tools such asthe Pen tool. This tool enables | As well ss cresting colour filled shapes for designers, you to draw graphic components for design projects the Pen tool ean also be sed to create paths to help (Gauich an con or log, for example. The Pen too! photographers edit images. Pen-produced paths ea be ‘converted into selection marquees. Tn our walkthrough we'll demonstrate how to modify the en tool's eurves and anchor points to select the curved contours of the sports car in our starting image Youll then be able to use the selection to protect the car while you clone out distracting background objects that overlap its edges.o TYCC6L pg. Click Photoshop editor. ound that we couldnt xe the Pen tol draws path and not a filed vecto othe Opti 2° Choose paths, not shapes uring, but we can remove them with the Clone Stamp tool to the + Hey to 200m in. Click to place the en tools ists ‘ceate a cleaner scene. However, to avoid cloning over the car we where the ear wheel intersects the chatle. Clek eed to soa Click nd ho the mouse dwn over the Pen tool's chor pont ner the frst, A stright ine (or path) wil join the ompartment and select the Pen toa points together. Curve the path sved path between the two anchor points, epinge he ea, click to pl h doesn’t olow the edge ofthe i sep the path ore quickly.drag any ofthe Diag the bezier control hand ent curved path so that it flows the conto bn these part ofthe 3 anchor point onthe fist PRR er ‘Turn the path into a selection Clone out the background to insert more anchor points into 7 ithe postions snd ren sky over the unwanted people. The path-s dges fom belng cloneTeach yourself PhotoshopQuick Mask edits Fine-tune a selection marquee quickly and intuitively by using a brush in the Quick Mask editing mode fter making an inital selection with one of Photoshop's marquee tools, you may need to toweak the shape ofthe margue to select your subject more effectively. You cane the Add to for Subtract from leans inthe Options bar to change the way the ative selection tool behaves, Alternatively, you can just existing selections by using the Select menu's Modify ‘commande to expand or contract the selection sraund the fees ofthe subject Make a selection Open TYCCER pg. Gra the Maple Wand t ‘model's dees isa similar colour tothe bac fice Tolerance to 23 and cick Contiguows to make the to fonly select areas that are connected to the sample section ‘Shiftclick toad all the background to the election, Paint over any zea of the dress chat should be texchided frm the selection, These areas wil tara red as yu paint. To remove tne edges of the dress from the Section, hold down Shift an click to place points, The rush tol wil der stsight line between exch point. 3 Edit the Quick Mask “The Select» Modify commands ae useful when fine-tuning the selection overall, such as giving it a feathered edge, but for more contra you can try editing it in Quick Mask mode ‘A Quick Mask replaces the selection marquee with red colour. By manvally painting with a black oF white brush on ‘the mask you can add to or subtract from the selected areas until the selection has been improved. The temporary Quick ‘Mask mode isa close cousin to the permanent layer mask, Ws great way to check that your selections are complete Activate Quick Mask "Toemove parts of the dress from the selection, press (10 um the marquee into a Quick Mask. Unselected areas appear as re patches, Grab the Brush tool. Choose 3 bard rind brs tp from the Brush Preset pikes Set the foreground colour to black by preseingD for default Modify the marquee Prete Xt itch the foepound colour to white Now ou cn punt to ae back to the election (ouchae the aca nest ber elbow), The red pats wi dlsapeaindeating slr ac, rest Q o ett Quek Mant oode and este nodiled election argueRefine Edge Get perfect selections every time, no matter how complicated the subject, with the powerful Refine Edge tool any photo-fixing tasks involve making selections. ‘You may need to select a specific part ofan image, stich asa land sy, and replace it with something ‘more interesting, or tone down an over-exposed sky without altering the correctly exposed landscape. Alternatively, you might want to cut out a mode! from an mage, s that you can composite her int anew background mage. The Tools panel contains several selection tools, from the handy but baste marquee tool tothe inteligent Quick Selection too, The selections these tools ereate are ‘demarcated by a border of animated dashes, However, i's ‘nlikely thatthe edges of selection you make wil be perfect, and the Refine Edge dialogue enables you to. fine-tune its shape, width, position and softness. "When you make a selection using tools suchas the Rectangular Marquee of Magic Wand, you'll notice thatthe Refine Edge button becomes active in the Options bar, The button will also pea i you make a selection using ment based commands auch as Color Range. As a rule if tol creates a selection marquee you'll be able t fine-tune i with Refine Edge. You en also call up the Refine Edge dialogue by choosing Selec Refine Edge and you can use it to fine-tune 1001 was introduced, to fine-tune a 13 to Bo tothe Select Moy ment and apply refinements one at a time. The most useful of these were Smooth, Expand, Contract and Feather. Refine Edge presents all thse options inan easy-to-use window, enabling you to apply them interactively and preview the results, There's also a Radius slider, for adjusting the width ofthe edge over which refinements are applied Refine Edge has many moe ticks up its sleeve, as you'll discover.Replace a background lenda Dan then you'r shooting public events, you hve lite, BEFORE Control over your subjects ‘movements. In this image, the naturally posed soldier looks good in profile but the partially obscured ‘vehicle and figure inthe backgrounel are distracting, We could have repositioned ‘ourselves to xt out the background hater, but the main subject might have é ‘moved by then. Thanks to selection tools and layers, we can isolate the = soldier from the background, and {improve the composition by dropping In something mare interesting from nother photo taken atthe same event. é ‘When you select 2 person or objet, they can look obviously cut ot ‘eenise they have a hatd edge, and by feathering the edge ofa selection you can make a subject blend in more ansturaly and effectively withthe new background, to create a more convincing r composite, Well show you how to, Soften an initial selection ssing Refine Edge, and how to ensure that no tell tale pinels fom the original background at are eft clinging to the outline. Kick of by opening apie containing a figure. Choose the Quick Selection too, tick Auto-Enhance, and brash over the figure to select him. ‘You can now fine-tune the selection by following the steps below. 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