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Lesson 7:   07-A   07-B   07-C   07-D

​​Lesson 7 - Objectives 1-2 (Monday)

B07-01 Skill: Using Photoshop's select subject, select and mask, and the object selection tool.

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Objectives:
  • Understand how to use Photoshop's select subject, select & mask, and object selection tool.
Learn:
​Selections are central to working in Photoshop
.  The most basic workflow in Photoshop is to select something and then use a tool, adjustment, or command to do something to the selection you've made.  Selections in Photoshop show as an animated series of small dashes, often called "marching ants."

Being able to make a selection in Photoshop is so important that the application gives you many tools, and many ways to make a selection. You've already learned some of them in previous lessons, but in this lesson we will go over them in much greater detail.  A good portion of the advanced Photoshop class is dedicated to advanced selection techniques. We'll focus on the more basic ones in this lesson. Let's begin with three powerful newer features - Select Subject,  Select & Mask, and the Object Selection Tool. I use these three newer selection methods more than any others. Watch the videos below (30 minutes)...
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One way Photoshop shows what is selected is by using these "marching ants."
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Video: Add Select Subject to Your Workflow! | Photoshop 2020
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Video: How To Use The Select And Mask Workspace In Photoshop
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Video: How to use the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop CC 2020

B07-02 Skill: Make a selection, save a selection, and reload a saved selection

Objectives:
  • Understand how to save a selection in a Photoshop file, and reload the selection at another time.
  • Apply what you've learned in B07-01 and B07-02 to remove a model from her background.
Learn:
Below is a brief listing of the ways you can make selections in Photoshop.  Each link below connects to a short video showing how the tool is used.  These are for your reference.  Many, but not all, of the videos are repeated in the lesson, along with image files you can download and try for yourself.  These selection skills are critical to using Photoshop's full power - so take time and learn them.  Practice, too, will help you.
  • ​Rectangular Marquee Tool
  • Elliptical Marquee Tool
  • Single Row Marquee Tool
  • Single Column Marquee Tool
  • Lasso Tool
  • Polygonal Lasso Tool
  • Magnetic Lasso Tool
  • Object Selection Tool
  • Magic Wand Tool​
  • Quick Selection Tool
  • Pen Tool
  • ​Horizontal Type Mask Tool
  • Vertical Type Mask Tool
  • Quick Mask Mode (Use the brush tool to make a selection in this mode)
  • Select Color Range
  • Select a Focus Range
  • Masks, Clipping Masks
  • Using Channels to create a mask

Save a selection so you can reload it later

Watch the video, "Photoshop: How to save a selection, and reload it later on."

In this video you will learn how to save a selection that you can recall later on - even after you've closed the file and come back to it days later. Saving selections is an important feature that gives you a lot of power over your images. Selections are saved as "Alpha Channels" in the channels panel. I'll show you two different ways you can reload a selection when you need to recall one.
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Video: Photoshop: How to save a selection, and reload it later on. (3:42)
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Apply: Exercise B07-02 
Download this original photo. Use what you've learned from the videos above to remove her from her background to a new layer with a layer mask. Then add a different background behind her. Save your file as B07-02_Your_Name.PSD. This will be submitted with the week 7 exercise files.
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Original Photo. Click image to download
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Removed from background. New background added.
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Video: How to Use the NEW Object Selection Tool | Photoshop 2020
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Video: Make Perfect Smooth Selections in Photoshop CC 2018 (3:23)
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Video: Select and Mask in Photoshop CC 2018 (3:21)
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Video: Cut Out Fur From Busy Backgrounds In Photoshop
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Video: How To Remove White Backgrounds in Photoshop [QUICK & EASY WAY!]
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Video: Photoshop Trick For Fast and Easy VECTOR MASKS | 90-Second Tip #19
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Video: Advanced (Yet Easy!) Way To Mask Clouds, Fire, and Other Transparent Objects in Photoshop
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Video: The Color Replacement Brush - Photoshop CC
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Video: Photoshop Trick For Better Edits: Why You Should Separate The Foreground From The Background
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Video: Photoshop: How To Make SMOOTH CUT OUTS! Remove Backgrounds with Vector Masks
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Handout: Photoshop Shortcuts
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