1. Photoshop Selection Tools
Computer Information Technology
Section 7-3

2. Objectives The student will
Understand the different selection tools and when to use them
Use selection tools to select part of an image and copy that image to another picture

3. Selection Tools
There are many tools for selection of parts of a picture:
Marquee tools
Lasso tools and Mask tools
Quick Selection tools
Pen Tools

4. Marquee Tools The marquee tools select areas of different shapes
Hold down the ALT to select from the center of an object
Hold down the space bar to move the selection
Car - ps0501
Once selected click Filter | Blur | motion blur – set angle to 0 and pixels to 45

5. Lasso Tools
Lasso tools allow you custom surround any area. Give you a rough outline of the area.
You can then use the quick mask tool to refine your selection.
(Duck-ps0504)

6. Quick Select Tools
Quick Select tools try to find the edges of objects. Once you have selected an object you can:
Hold the Shift key down and add to the selection
Hold the Alt key down and subtract from the selection
(Duck-ps0504, Penguins ps0505 and façade-ps0503)
Can copy façade, paste it another window and use transform -> skew to level it out

7. Magic Wand Tool
The magic wand tool works like the magic eraser. It works by selecting a consistently colored area (e.g. a sky).
You set the tolerance for the changes in color.
Note: You can invert the selection (select everything except the sky) by clicking Select > Inverse
(kite - ps0502)

8. Pen Tools
Pen tools are the most accurate of the tools but also can take the most time.
Connect the points around the figure you want to select.
Once you have defined your path, click on the “Load path as a selection” button
If you don’t have the path panel, click on Window > Paths
Apples - ps0507
Select apple – click on the “Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer” (ying-yang) and drag the hue to 116.

9. Summary There are many ways to select parts of a picture.
Much depends on what is surrounding the image
Pick the method that works the best that situation

10. Rest of today
Find a picture that includes an animal/person/car/etc. on the web.
Select that image from the picture and add it either to the farm picture from yesterday or the penguin picture (ps0505.7z) from today. You can use any of the tools to select the image. Be as precise as possible.
Show me the final picture and the picture where you cut the image from.