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As we said earlier, there is a host of selection options in Photoshop, each with its own
advantages and disadvantages. You’ve already used the marquee tools and lasso tools to
select general areas of images; you’ve used the Quick Selection tool to easily select an
entire background, and then refined the edges of that selection; and you’ve used the
Pen tool to select an object with a well-defined edge.
Some images aren’t quite as clear-cut as the ones you’ve silhouetted so far. In fact,
many images have both hard and soft edges, and/or very fine detail that needs to be
isolated from its background (think of a model’s blowing hair overlapping the title on
the cover of a magazine). In this type of image, other tools can be used to create a very
detailed selection based on the color in the image.

1. With forefathers.psd open, hide the Bottle layer and show Layer 3. Note:
The ‘W’ key
2. Rename Layer 3 as Quill and zoom out so you can see the entire feather.
automatically picks
3. Choose the Magic Wand tool (under the Quick Selection tool). In the and toggles between the
Options bar, make sure the New Selection button is active and set the Magic Wand and the
Tolerance field to 32. Quick Selection tools
(both in the same place
The Magic Wand tool is an easy way to select large areas of solid color.
on the Tools panel).
The first four options in the Options bar are the same as those for the Marquee tools
(New Selection, Add to Selection, Subtract from Selection, and Intersect with Selection).

New Add to Subtract from Intersect with Note:
Selection Selection Selection Selection
Using any of the selection
tools, press Shift and
select again to add to the
current selection. Press
Magic Wand
tool Option/Alt and select
again to subtract from
the current selection. If
you use these modifier
keys, you’ll see a plus sign
(Add To) or minus sign
(Subtract From) in the
tool cursor.
Tolerance is the degree of variation between the color you click and the colors Photoshop
will select; higher tolerance values select a larger range based on the color you click. If
you’re trying to select a very mottled background (for example), you should increase the
tolerance; be careful, however, because increasing the tolerance might select too large a Note:
range of colors if the parts of the foreground object falls within the tolerance range. Anti-aliasing is the
The Anti-alias check box, selected by default, allows edges to blend more smoothly into process of blending shades
the background, preventing a jagged, stair-stepped appearance. of pixels to create the
illusion of sharp lines in
When Contiguous is selected, the Magic Wand tool only selects adjacent areas of the a raster image.
color; unchecking this option allows you to select all pixels within the color tolerance,
even if some pixels are non-contiguous (for example, inside the shape of the letter Q).
By default, selections relate to the active layer only. You can check Sample All Layers to
make a selection of all layers in the file.
The Refine Edge button opens the same dialog box you used when you isolated the
parchment image with the Quick Selection tool.

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