Video 001 – Making Effective Selections – Introduction. Selections are a must know part of Photoshop and they are the route to many of the image editing repairs and adjustments you will want to make. Try our Introduction video below and see our Pdf list of contents
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Video 002 – Making Effective Selections – Mouse or Pen Tablet – Can you sign your name with a Mouse? Then perhaps a Pen Tablet is worth a look. Take that look with us in this short video. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 003 – Making Effective Selections – Selection Essentials – Some Selection information that we will be using practically all the time. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 004 – Making Effective Selections – Magic Wand and the Halo – Using the popular Magic wand, but dealing with the fringing problem as well. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 005 – Making Effective Selections – Quick Selection Tool – Using the same principals of the Magic Wand tool and it shares the Select Subject button too. Want a quick job, this is it. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 006 – Making Effective Selections – Select Similar – A selection option I have not seen used much, but its pretty useful when we want to make a complicated selection. Lets us show you what we mean in this practical demo. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 007 – Making Effective Selections – The Lasso Tool – The simple freehand lasso tool – Wait till you see what it can do in this practical demo. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 008 – Making Effective Selections – The Polygonal Lasso Tool – Making a careful selection is no problem when we apply a few tips and tricks including a look at the rotate view tool and how we can save a selection as an Alpha Channel. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 009 – Making Effective Selections – Select and Mask – A look at the Select and Mask window and tools with a practical cut-out. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 010 – Making Effective Selections – The Magnetic Lasso – It does exactly what it says, but we just need to give this tool a little bit of guidance, but it will snap to the edge. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 011 – Making Effective Selections – The Quickmask – If you like making selections with a brush, especially with the Shift Click method, then Quick mask is a quick and easy option. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 012 – Making Effective Selections – Content Aware Fill-Basics – The original content aware fill that works superbly in the vast majority of cases via a quick and easy selection. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 013 – Making Effective Selections – Complex Selections -Channels – Cutting out fine detail like hair and leaves on trees using channels to create the selection. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 014 – Making Effective Selections – Content Aware Fill 2019 – Updated for the 2019 version and this just gets better and better. Make repairs you never thought you could do easily. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 015 – Making Effective Selections – Making Complex Selections – Select and Mask is where we need to be if we want to select fine detail like hair. Here we create a complete image from scratch. View on this page in HD, or download here.
Video 016 – Making Effective Selections – Layer Mask Cut-outs – A super technique I have used for years. Making great cut-outs and composites without a selection at all. Its easy to do and works well with a mouse too. download here.
Video 017 – Making Effective Selections -Transform a Selection – Vital adjustments, especially when we need to select a wheel of a car, which is unlikely to be completely circular. download here.
Video 018 – Making Effective Selections – The Pen Tool – How to create Curved selections using our pen tool or just use it like the Polygonal lasso.download here.
Video 019 – Making Effective Selections – Colour Range – Colour Range is how we can make a selection based on a particular colour in an image.download here.
Video 020 – Making Effective Selections – Selections by Focus – This is where we can make a selection of what is sharp, or out of focus. View here or download here.
Video 021 – Making Effective Selections – Selections and Text – Making quick selections from text, objects, images in layers helps us with our creative work. View here or download here.