Take charge of Photoshop and hard-to-select objects like hair, fuzzy edges, and color ranges. This course teaches you how to make better, more targeted image adjustments with the selection tools in Adobe Photoshop CC. Rich Harrington shows how to make precise selections for masking, changing color and tone, or even storing transparency. Dive into the Select menu commands and the Marquee, Lasso, and Magic Wand tools, and then learn how to refine your selections with Expand and Contract, Smooth and Feather, Quick Mask, and other controls. Photoshop power users can discover advanced techniques involving the Color Range command and alpha channel selections. Finally, see how to leverage the smart image-analysis tools such as Content-Aware Fill and Face-Aware Liquify to make complex selections and adjustments.

Topics include:

What are selections?

Creating masks from selections

Using the selection tools, including marquees and lassos

Moving a selection

Selecting with the Quick Selection tool

Growing, smoothing, and feathering selections

Transforming a selection

Using the Refine Edge command

Selecting a color or tonal range with Color Range

Making a selection with the Pen tool

Creating selections from channels

Saving a selection as an alpha channel

Using the Content-Aware tools for selections

Using Face-Aware Liquify

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