About This Course

This course will help you master the concepts, tools, and techniques related to the creation and refinement of selections in Photoshop, which in turn provides the foundation for applying targeted adjustments and creating composite images.

You'll learn about the general concepts related to selections in Photoshop, gain an understanding of some of the techniques you'll employ when creating selections, learn how to use all of the selection tools within Photoshop, and more.

Total Duration: 3 Hours 18 Minutes

Course Curriculum

    1. Introduction (1:08)

    1. Lesson 1: What is a Selection? (3:45)

    2. Lesson 2: How Will Selections be Used? (3:57)

    3. Lesson 3: Should All Selections Be Perfect? (3:54)

    4. Lesson 4: Anti-Aliasing and Selections (5:00)

    5. Lesson 5: The Case for NOT Feathering (4:58)

    6. Lesson 6: Understanding Selection Outlines (4:28)

    7. Lesson 7: Configuring your Mouse (3:17)

    1. Lesson 1: Selecting All Pixels (2:15)

    2. Lesson 2: Using Deselect and Reselect (4:21)

    3. Lesson 3: Add, Subtract, and Intersect (6:53)

    4. Lesson 4: Hiding the Selection Outline (3:48)

    5. Lesson 5: Saving and Loading Selections (6:47)

    1. Lesson 1: The Rectangular Marquee Tool (6:45)

    2. Lesson 2: Single Row or Column Selections (3:03)

    3. Lesson 3: The Elliptical Marquee Tool (6:48)

    4. Lesson 4: The Lasso Tool (5:01)

    5. Lesson 5: The Polygonal Lasso Tool (6:41)

    6. Lesson 6: The Magnetic Lasso Tool (8:49)

    7. Lesson 7: The Quick Selection Tool (6:00)

    8. Lesson 8: The Magic Wand Tool (8:24)

    9. Lesson 9: The Pen Tool (10:08)

    10. Lesson 10: Mixing and Matching Tools (2:32)

    1. Lesson 1: Selecting Based on Opacity (2:26)

    2. Lesson 2: Selecting by Color Range (8:51)

    3. Lesson 3: Narrowing a Color Range Selection (4:09)

    4. Lesson 4: Selecting Faces with Color Range (4:37)

    5. Lesson 5: Selecting by Focus (5:34)

    6. Lesson 6: Selecting by Brightness Level (6:55)

    7. Lesson 7: Selecting from a Channel (6:32)

    1. Lesson 1: Inverting a Selection (2:18)

    2. Lesson 2: Expanding with Grow and Similar (3:08)

    3. Lesson 3: Smoothing a Selection (2:52)

    4. Lesson 4: Feathering a Selection (4:15)

    5. Lesson 5: Transforming a Selection (5:29)

    6. Lesson 6: Using Quick Mask Mode (8:19)

    7. Lesson 7: Selecting the Border of a Selection (2:59)

    8. Lesson 8: Expanding or Contracting a Selection (3:00)

    9. Lesson 9: Using Select and Mask Mode (8:22)

About this course

  • $39.00
  • 43 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content

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