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Copy and Paste Selected Pixels
Like many processes in Photoshop, there are various methods for compositing
multiple images into a single file. In this exercise, you will use the most basic
selection tool — the Rectangle Marquee tool. Note:
When you created the
1. With cd-artwork.psd open, choose View>Fit on Screen to show the background file for
entire image centered in the document window. this project, you cre-

2. Open the file Tornado.jpg from your WIP>Music folder. ated a raster image that
contains pixels. Digital
If you see a profile mismatch warning when opening the files for this project, choose photographs and scans
the option to use the embedded profile. Color management will be explained in are also pixel-based,
Project 3: Museum Image Correction.
which is why you use
3. With Tornado.jpg the active file in the document window, open the Image Photoshop to edit and
Size dialog box (Image>Image Size). manipulate those types
of files.
This image is only
150 ppi, but it has a
physical size much
larger than the
defined size for the
CD artwork. As with Note:
the original image,
the principle of You can press Com-
effective resolution mand-Option-I/Con-
might make this trol-Alt-I to open the
image usable in the Image Size dialog box.
composite ad.

4. Click Cancel to close the Image Size dialog box.

5. Choose the Rectangular Marquee tool in the Tools panel and review the
options in the Options bar.
A B C D E F G H
By default, dragging with a marquee tool creates
a new selection. You can use the buttons on
the left end of the Options bar to
define what happens if you draw Rectangular
more than one marquee. Marquee tool
A. New Selection creates a new selection each time you create a new marquee.
B. Add to Selection adds the area of a new marquee to the existing selected area.
C. Subtract from Selection removes the area of a new marquee from the existing
selection.
D. Intersect with Selection results in a selection only where a new marquee
overlaps an existing selection.
E. Feather softens the edges of a selection by a specified number of pixels.
F. Use the Style menu to choose a normal selection, a fixed-ratio selection, or a
fixed-size selection.
G. When Fixed Ratio or Fixed Size is selected, enter the size of the selection in the
Width and Height fields.
H. Click this button to reverse the Width and Height fields.

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