Photoshop Lesson 2: Using Selection Tools

  1. Explain the terms perspective, layout, and storyboard
  2. Describe selection tools
  3. Open a file, select objects in a photo, and save a file
  4. Use the marquee tools
  5. Move a selection
  6. Make transformation edits
  7. View states in the History palette
  8. Employ the lasso tools
  9. Add and subtract from selections
  10. Create ruler guides
  11. Select objects using the Quick Selection and the Magic Wand tools
  12. Create new keyboard shortcuts
Original Photo Edited Photo
candles Candles_Edited

Open/Save

  1. Open Photoshop
  2. To open the candle image do the following:
    1. File
    2. Open
    3. Look in Macserver
    4. Groups
    5. Students
    6. Photoshop CS3
    7. Lesson 2
    8. Candles
  3. To Save As do the following:
    1. File
    2. Save As
    3. Documents (Your Documents)
    4. Photoshop
    5. Lesson 2
    6. Name - Candles_Edited
    7. DO NOT CHANGE THE FILE TYPE! (.psd)

Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool

  1. Right-click the Rectangular Marquee Tool button the Tools palette and then click Rectangular Marquee Tool. If necessary, on the options bar, click the New selection button.
  2. In the photo, use the mouse to draw a rectangle as close as possible around the short candle.

To Use the Move Tool

  1. With the short candle still selected, click the Move Tool button on the Tools palette. 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 its check mark.
  2. Drag the candle to a position left of the tall candle and slightly higher. Do not allow the moved selection to overlap any portion of the tall candle.
  3. With the short candle still selected, press and hold the ALT key and then drag the selection to a location above the candy.

To Scale a Selection

  1. With the Move Tool button still selected, click the Show Transform Controls check box on the options bar. Keyboard shortcut to transform is Command T.
  2. Point to the upper-left sizing handle of the selection border.

 

Assignments:

  1. PS_Ch2_In_the_Lab_1 Assignment for 9-4-15 continue with Lab 2 if finish Lab 1
  2. PS_Ch2_In_the_Lab_2 Assignment for 9-4-15