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MAke And refine A Quick selection
As you just saw, you can make selections based on the color in an image. This tech-
nique is useful when you want to select large areas of solid color, or in photos with sig-
nificant contrast between the foreground and background. When the area you want to
select has a complex edge, refining the selection edge can produce very detailed results.
1. With aftermath.psd open, hide all but the Bricks layer. Click the Bricks
layer to select it as the active layer.
2. Choose the Quick Selection tool (nested under the Magic Wand tool).
3. In the Options bar, make sure the Sample All Layers option is not checked.
You only want to select the area in the bricks layer (the hole in the wall), so you do not
want to make a selection based on the content of other layers in the file.
Note:
4. Click at the top area of the hole in the wall and drag down to the bottom
edge of the hole. If you stop dragging and
then click in a nearby
The Quick Selection tool essentially allows you to “paint” a selection. As you drag, the
selection expands and automatically finds the edges in the image. area, the selection grows
to include the new area.
New Add to Subtract from Click to change the
Selection Selection Selection brush size and attributes.
Quick Selection tool Marching ants
surround the
selected area.
Click here...
...and drag to here.
5. Click the Refine Edge button in the Options bar.
6. Click the View button. Choose the On White option from the menu if it is
not already selected.
The preview options allow you to change the way your image appears in the document
window while you refine the edges within the dialog box.
• Marching Ants shows the basic standard selection.
• Overlay shows the unselected areas with a Quick Mask overlay.
• On Black shows the selection in color against a black background.
• On White shows the selection in color against a white background.
• Black & White shows the selected area in white and the unselected area in black.
• On Layers shows only the selected area; unselected areas are hidden.
• Reveal Layer shows the entire layer, with no visual indication of the selection.
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