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Project Summary

Making selections is arguably the most important skill you will learn to do in Photoshop. Selections
are so important that Photoshop dedicates an entire menu to the process.
As you created the ad in this project, you used a number of skills and techniques that you will
apply in many (if not all) projects you build in Photoshop. You learned a number of ways to make
both simple and complex selections — and you’ll learn additional methods in later projects. You also
learned that after you make a selection, you can create composite images, move pixels to silhouette an
object against its background, and much more.
Finally, you learned how to save files for Web distribution by changing color mode and reducing
file resolution.

Define a custom
background color
Create a high-resolution
file for commercial print
Incorporate scans and
digital photographs Resample the file and
change color model
for Web distribution
Incorporate a Photoshop
file as a Smart Object
Create a silhouette using
Scale, position, and the Select Color Range utility
manage multiple layers

Create a silhouette using
Incorporate vector graphics the Quick Selection tool
as raster elements
Refine a selection using
the Refine Edges utility
Incorporate vector graphics
as Smart Objects Create a silhouette
using a vector path

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