Adobe Photoshop CS5

Chapter 2

Using Selection Tools and Shortcut Keys

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• Explain the terms perspective, layout, and storyboard

• Describe selection tools• Select objects using the marquee tools• Move a selection• Make transformation edits• Use the History panel• Use the Grow command and Refine Edges to

adjust selections

Objectives

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• Employ the lasso tools• Add and subtract areas from selections• Use ruler grids and guides• Select objects using the Quick Selection and

Magic Wand tools• Print to a PDF file

Objectives

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Project – Advertisement Graphic

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• Choose the correct tool• Plan your duplications• Use grids and guides• Create files in portable formats

General Project Guidelines

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• With the Rectangular Marquee Tool selected on the Tools panel, drag to draw a rectangle around the desired object to create a marquee selection

Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool

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Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool

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• With the object selected, click the Move Tool button on the Tools panel to activate the Move Tool

• If necessary, on the options bar, click the Auto-Select check box so it does not display a check mark. If necessary, click the Show Transform Controls check box so it does not display a check mark

• Position your mouse pointer over the item within the marquee, and then drag the selection to the desired position

Using the Move Tool

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Using the Move Tool

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• Scale• Rotate• Skew• Distort• Perspective• Warp• Flip

The Transformation Commands

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• Press COMMAND+T to display the bounding box and the Transform options bar

Displaying Transformation Controls

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• Move the mouse pointer just outside of the bounding box

• When the mouse pointer displays a double-headed curved arrow, drag to rotate the object to the desired position

• Press the ENTER key to confirm the transformation

Rotating a Selection

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Rotating a Selection

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• Right-click the Quick Selection Tool button on the Tools panel to display the context menu

• If necessary, click Quick Selection Tool to select it• On the options bar, click the New selection

button, if necessary. Click the Auto-Enhance check box so it displays a check mark, if necessary

• Move the mouse pointer to one corner of the desired object, and then slowly drag down to select the object

Using the Quick Selection Tool

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Using the Quick Selection Tool

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• Click the History button on the vertical docking of collapsed panels to expand the History panel

Displaying the History Panel

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• Scroll down in the History panel to display the last few states

• Click the desired state in the History panel to go back the desired number of steps

Undoing Changes Using the History Panel

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Undoing Changes Using the History Panel

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• Click the History button to collapse the panel

Collapsing the History Panel

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• On the Tools panel, click the Quick Selection Tool button to return to the Quick Selection Tool

• On the Quick Selection Tool options bar, click the Refine Edge button to display the Refine Edge dialog box

• Drag the Contrast slider to the desired setting• Drag the Shift Edge slider to the desired setting• Click the OK button to apply the changes and

close the dialog box

Refining Edges

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Refining Edges

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• With the object to duplicate selected, click the Move Tool button to select the Move Tool

• Press and hold the OPTION key while dragging to duplicate and move the selection

Duplicating the Selection

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Duplicating the Selection

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• With the Move Tool button selected, click the Show Transform Controls check box on the options bar to display the bounding box

• SHIFT+drag a sizing handle to the desired location to resize the object

• Press the ENTER key to commit the change• Click the Show Transform Controls check box to

remove the bounding box from the selection• Press COMMAND+D to deselect

Scaling a Selection

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Scaling a Selection

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• On the Application bar, click the View Extras button to display its menu

• Click the Show Grids command to display the grid

Displaying a Grid

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• On the Application bar, click the View Extras button to display its menu

• Click Show Grids to remove the check mark and remove the grid from the display

Turning Off the Grid Display

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• Position the mouse pointer in the horizontal ruler at the top of the document window and then drag down into the image to create a guide at the desired location

• Release the mouse button

Creating a Guide

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Creating a Guide

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• Right-click the Lasso Tool button on the Tools panel to display the context menu

• Click the Polygonal Lasso Tool to activate the lasso• If necessary, on the options bar, click the New selection button

to select it• Click the upper-left corner of the object, and then move the

mouse pointer to the right to create the first line• Click the next corner• Continue creating line segments by moving the mouse pointer

and clicking each time you need to change direction• When you complete the lines all the way around the object,

double-click to connect them and complete the selection

Selecting Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool

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Selecting Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool

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• Click Select on the menu bar to display the Select menu

• Click Grow to increase the selection border

Growing the Selection

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• Right-click the current lasso tool button on the Tools panel to display the context menu, and then click Lasso Tool to select it

• If necessary, on the options bar, click the New selection button

• Drag around the desired object to create a completed lasso and then release the mouse button to connect the beginning and end points

Selecting Using the Lasso Tool

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Selecting Using the Lasso Tool

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• With the object selected, right-click the Quick Selection Tool button on the Tools panel to display the context menu

• Click Magic Wand Tool to activate the selection• On the options bar, click the ‘Subtract from

selection’ button and then click the Anti-alias check box so it does not display a check mark

• If necessary, enter the desired tolerance in the Tolerance box and then click to display a check mark in the Contiguous check box

Subtracting from a Selection Using the Magic Wand Tool

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• Using the tip of the Magic Wand Tool mouse pointer, click the white space outside the object, but inside the selection marquee, to remove the white color from the selection

Subtracting from a Selection Using the Magic Wand Tool

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• With the object selected, click Edit on the men bar and then point to Transform to display the Transform submenu

• Click Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical to flip the selected

Flipping a Selection

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Flipping a Selection

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• Right-click the current lasso tool button and then click Magnetic Lasso Tool to select it from the context menu

• If necessary, on the options bar, click the New selection button• Double-click the Contrast box and type the desired value to

replace the value• Click the upper-left edge of the object to start the selection• Move, rather than drag, the mouse pointer slowly along the

edge of the object to create the selection marquee. Click the mouse when turning a corner to create an extra fastening point

• When you get all the way around the object, double-click to finish the lasso

Selecting Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool

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Selecting Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool

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• Right-click the Magic Wand Tool button to display the context menu, and then click Quick Selection Tool to activate it

• Click the ‘Add to selection’ button on the options bar

• Drag along the object in the area that is not inside the selection marquee to add it to the selection

Adding to a Selection Using the Quick Selection Tool

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Adding to a Selection Using the Quick Selection Tool

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• Click File on the menu bar and then click Save As to display the Save As dialog box

• Click the Format button to display the various formats you can use to save Photoshop files

• Click Photoshop PDF (*.PDF;*.PDP) in the list to select the PDF format, and then click the Save button to continue the saving process

• Click the OK button to display the Save Adobe PDF dialog box• Click the Save PDF button to continue the saving process• When Photoshop displays the Save Adobe PDF dialog box,

click the Yes button to finish saving

Saving in the PDF Format

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Saving in the PDF Format

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• Explain the terms perspective, layout, and storyboard

• Describe selection tools• Select objects using the marquee tools• Move a selection• Make transformation edits• Use the History panel• Use the Grow command and Refine Edges to

adjust selections

Chapter Summary

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• Employ the lasso tools• Add and subtract areas from selections• Use ruler grids and guides• Select objects using the Quick Selection and

Magic Wand tools• Print to a PDF file

Chapter Summary

Chapter 2 Complete

Adobe Photoshop CS5