Mastering Selections in Photoshop CC

Learn how to make more precise selections in Photoshop CC.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Concepts for Selections

• What is a selection?
• How will selections be used?
• Should all selections be perfect?
• Anti-aliasing and selections
• The case for not feathering
• Understanding selection outlines
• Configuring your mouse

2. Basics of Working with Selections

• Selecting all pixels
• Using deselect and reselect
• Add, subtract, and intersect
• Hiding the selection outline
• Saving and loading selections

3. Selection Tools

• The Rectangular Marquee tool
• Single row or column selections
• The Elliptical Marquee tool
• The Lasso tool
• The Polygonal Lasso tool
• The Magnetic Lasso tool
• The Quick Selection tool
• The Magic Wand tool
• The Pen tool
• Mixing and matching tools

4. Selection Techniques

• Selecting based on opacity
• Selecting by color range
• Narrowing a color range selection
• Selecting faces with color range
• Selecting by focus
• Selecting by brightness level
• Selecting from a channel

5. Modifying Selections

• Inverting a selection
• Expanding with Grow and Similar
• Smoothing a selection
• Feathering a selection
• Transforming a selection
• Using Quick Mask mode
• Selecting the border of a selection
• Expanding or contracting a selection
• Using Select and Mask mode