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ITLS 4230 - 5230 - 6230 - Instructional Graphics Production 1
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Lesson 7:   07-A   07-B   07-C   07-D

Lesson 7 - Making Selections
No Face-to-Face Class October 8th - Nathan is sick.

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Experience: This week you'll get experience making selections in Photoshop! This is a critical skill for using Photoshop - so practice!

Objectives
​Section 07-A (Monday)
  • The importance of selections
  • What methods of selection are there in Photoshop?
  • Saving a selection and reloading it later on
Section 07-B (Tuesday)
  • The basic selection tools
  • Selection shortcut keys ​
  • Select a color range
Section 07-C (Wednesday)
  • The magic wand and quick selection tools
  • Refining a selection
  • What is a mask?
Section 07-D (Thursday)
  • Using a mask as a selection tool
  • Combining multiple selection tools to get it just right
  • Review a clipping mask and how it works
  • Preparing a photo to go to a print shop
By the time you get done with this lesson, you should have the skills to do this.  Want to try?  Click on any of the thumbnails above and download the zip file of all three images.
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OwlLady by Nathan Smith

USU Canvas Resources and Assignment for this week...

USU students, all the assignments, discussions, exercise files, reading assignments for lesson 7 will be found in Canvas - Lesson 7 Module. See the image at right.

​If you're not a registered USU student, and you are working through this lesson on your own, links to the exercise files are provided within the lesson.
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Handout: Photoshop Shortcuts
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This page last updated October 4, 2019.  This lesson combines my own work (images, text, videos) which are ©2019 by Nathan Smith.  All other images, videos, and cited text sources are curated from the internet, and are publicly available.
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