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Choosing the right selection tools for the job and using those tools effectively are among the most important skills for Photoshop users. In Photoshop CS4: Selections in Depth, senior trainer and photographer Jan Kabili goes deep into the subject, showing the best practices for making and working with selections. Jan walks through the manual and automatic selection methods in Photoshop and offers pointers on choosing the most effective selection methods for an image. She explains the underlying relationship between selections and alpha channels, and shows how to fine-tune selections to get the desired results. Exercise files accompany the course.

Course Photoshop CS4: Selections in Depth Author Jan Kabili SKU ISBN Release Date 2009-07-14 Duration 3.51 hrs / 46 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags Photoshop, CS4 Required software Adobe Photoshop CS4

Introduction Welcome 01:19 Using the exercise files 01:07 1. Selection Basics Why select? 07:13 What is a selection? 04:22 Deselecting and reselecting 01:59 Hiding a selection boundary 02:41 Using the Select All command 04:46 2. Manual Selection Methods Using the Rectangular Marquee tool 08:25 Using the Elliptical Marquee tool 06:26 Drawing freehand selections with the Lasso tool 05:26 Selecting straight edges with the Polygonal Lasso tool 04:58 Selecting with the Pen tool and paths 08:17 Making selections from shapes 05:24 3. Automatic Selection Methods Using the Quick Selection tool 05:44 Using the Magic Wand tool 06:39 Working with the Color Range feature 08:00 Selecting edges with the Magnetic Lasso tool 07:48 Selecting layer transparency 02:37 Selecting image luminosity 06:13 4. Modifying Selections Moving selections 02:55 Transforming selections 03:13 Using contextual commands for transformation 03:13 Inverting selections 03:50 Anti-aliasing selections 06:52

Feathering selections 06:49 Fine-tuning selections in Refine Edge 06:08 5. Saving and Loading Selections Saving selections 06:00 Loading and modifying saved selections 04:57 Saving selections to other images 04:55 Creating layer masks from selections 06:36 Loading selections from layer masks 01:59 6. Combining and Extending Selections Adding, subtracting, and intersecting selections 05:26 Combining selections to build a graphic 05:08 Expanding selections with Grow and Similar 05:07 7. Working in Quick Mask Mode Cleaning up selections in Quick Mask 06:37 Creating selections from scratch in Quick Mask 02:44 Changing Quick Mask options 02:37 Varying edge softness in Quick Mask 02:28 Filtering selections in Quick Mask 02:05 Making Step and Repeat selections in Quick Mask 05:30 8. Complex Selections Making selections from color channels 04:55 Working with the Background Eraser tool 10:44 Pasting into selections 05:28 Installing the legacy Extract filter 05:19 Using the Extract filter 09:27 Conclusion Goodbye 00:52