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Francis Ha Photoshop Tutorial Outline 3/10/13 Magic Wand Allows the user to select a consistently colored area/region without

t having to manually trace it o Select parts of an image based on similarity in color of adjacent pixels o Good for selecting odd-shaped areas with a specific range of colors Tolerance o 0-255 o The higher the number, the greater the range (lighter and darker shades of the selected color) Anti-aliasing o Smooth out curves, less jagged lines Contiguous o Select only one contiguous area and not others with the same shade o Manually select other areas by holding Shift Manual select o Add to selection to add in areas that are not contiguous or within the selected tolerance range Quick Selection Quickly select objects and background that are the same or similar shade of color o Automatically find and follow defined edges in the image Use inverse to switch selection to the object/background that was not initially selected Marquee Geometric selection Shortcut = M o Square/rectangular and elliptical shapes Constrain to a square with shift + click Option (Mac)/Alt (Windows) will center the marquee on where you click o Single row and single column selection as well (only one pixel wide) Cmd (Mac)/Ctrl (Windows) + Z = undo Cmd (Mac)/Ctrl (Windows) + D = deselect Lasso Freehand selection of an area Shortcut = L Polygonal lasso tool only straight lines Magnetic lasso tool freehand selection of areas with high-contrast edges Control the selection path by clicking the mouse to place anchor points in the selection border Contrast o Frequency

o Controls the frequency of anchor points Magic Wand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S10vVJmJGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugozdWao_E0 Quick Selection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMee2WHHF6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR2FFP5cGAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glSDT5kuxPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1348AvIFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly0xxi3_JpI Marquee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acFtx5jTemM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541NYNNVoOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAgx1BgJZOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYCZcWG913Y Lasso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBjPiTIDBR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kPaD852zJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ8Bi-Hisq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjlk0xU7dh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp9VAuU3rps&list=SP6m9fanwTuEFI_nwG4kPhhCot4Dd MAC27&index=2

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