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14. Click the forefathers.psd file window to activate that file, then choose
Edit>Paste.

The standard Cut and Paste options are available in Photoshop, just as they are in most
applications. Whatever you have selected will be copied to the Clipboard, and whatever
is in the Clipboard will be pasted.

As with the dragged
parchment, the pasted
image is on its own
new layer.

15. Close the bottle.jpg file.

16. Click the quill.jpg window to activate that file, and zoom out so you can see
the entire image.
17. Select the Lasso tool in the Tools panel.

The lasso tools allow you to make irregular selections — in other words, selections that
aren’t just rectangular or elliptical.

18. Drag a shape around the entire quill.
When you release the mouse button, the end point automatically connects to the
beginning point of the selection.

Lasso tool

19. Copy the selection and paste it into the forefathers.psd file window, just as
you did for the bottle selection.

20. Close the quill.jpg file.

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