Selection tools are one of the most important skills to master in Photoshop. In fact, a considerable amount of the work you will complete in Photoshop will require the use of a selection tool. These tools allow the user to accomplish many tasks including singling out a portion of a picture to be edited or to be placed in another picture (thus creating a composite).
The key to a good selection is knowing which tool will do the best job and having precision in the use of that particular tool. There are different types of selection tools:
1. Marquees – there are selection tools that can be used to select a wide, non-precise area using a geometric shape. An example is the rectangular marquee which can be used to create a frame around a picture.
Marquees – these selection tools are geometrically shaped (squares, circles, etc.) and are for wide area, non-precise selecting.
• Rectangular (one use can be to create frames around an image)
• Elliptical (for circle or oval shaped selections)
• Single Row (selects a row of pixels)
• Single Column (selects a column of pixels)
2. Lassos & Quick Selection - there are selection tools that can be used to select an unde fined area or a precise area such as an object that will be extracted from the image. These selection tools are called lassos and the quick selection tool.
• “freehand” Lasso (used to select organic [unrestricted, irregular] shapes)
• Polygonal (used to create a selection via unconstrained straight-edges)• Magnetic (selection is created based on color.)
Quick Selection
The newest tool added that often works more effectively than the lasso tools.
3. Magic Wand – used to select large spaces of one solid colors. . In this case, the selection process is very easy -- essentially just one simple click!
Now, open a few pictures and practice!!!
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