ADOBE TRAINING, PHOTOSHOP CS6 BASICS: WORKING WITH MARQUEE SELECTIONS Working with selections in Photoshop you can edit parts of photos to create interesting projects and effects. The Marquee Tools are the most straightforward of the selection tools. In this tutorial you will learn to: • • • •
Identify the Marquee Tools Understand and apply Marquee Options Move, Copy/Paste, and Cut selections Create a Vignette Effect using the Marquee Options
The Marquee Tools The Marquee Tools allow you to select a specific shape area within a photo. The Marquee Tools include a Rectangle Marquee, Elliptical Marquee, Single Row (1-pixel length wide) Marquee, and Single Column (1-pixel length high) Marquee. Using Marquees: To use a marquee, (1) select the type from the Toolbar and (2) left-click and drag over the desired area to be selected in the image. (3) A selection is marked by a dashed, blinking border. To reposition a marquee use the keyboard arrow keys or left-click and drag the selection while the Marquee Tool is active. To deselect a marquee, right-click and choose Deselect from the menu. You can apply additional marquees and adjust specific options, as needed, to create effects with the selection.
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Tips for Using Marquees: To constrain a rectangular of elliptical marquee to an exact square or circle, press and hold the Shift key while dragging the selection on the image. To draw a marquee from the center, instead of the corner, hold down the Alt key (or Option key for Mac).
Marquee Options The Tool Options bar displays the options for the marquee tool selected. Each marquee has different options, but all of the marquees have the following (1) selection states (represented by the four icons on the left of the Tool Options bar): New Selection - creates a single selection by clicking and dragging on the image in the workspace. Note: This is the default state.
(2) Add to Selection - lets you add another selection area to an existing selection OR create multiple selection areas. If one selection overlaps the other they are combined into one. (3) Subtract Selection - subtracts the selection marquee you draw from any existing selection marquee.
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(4) Intersect with Selection - creates a selection based on the intersecting area of two marquees. Feather - fades the selection along the edges; enter a width in pixels that you want the selection to be feathered.
Editing Selections with Marquees Moving selections - Activate the (1) Move Tool from the Toolbar and drag the contents of a selection to another position. Removing selections - From the (2) Photoshop Menu choose (3) Edit > Cut OR select delete from the keyboard. ADOBE TRAINING, PHOTOSHOP CS6 BASICS: WORKING WITH MARQUEE SELECTIONS - 3
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Copying/Pasting selections - From the (2) Photoshop Menu choose (3) Edit > Copy. You can paste the copy into the current project, a new layer or create a new project by selecting File > New and then Edit > Paste.
Using the Marquee Tools to Create a Photo Vignette Effect A vignette is an un-bordered image, often a portrait, that has soft undefined edges. The Marquee Tools are one way to create such an effect in Photoshop.
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Step One: Open the photo in Photoshop by selecting File > Open from the Photoshop Menu. In the dialog box, browse for the photo on your computer and select open.
Step Two: On the right in the Layers Pane, (1) left-hand double-click the photo layer and (2) rename the layer and select (3) OK. This will unlock the image for editing.
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Step Three: Select a (1) Marquee Tool from the Toolbar and (2) left-click drag and drop a selection on the image. (3) Set the Feather setting in the Tool Options bar as desired (in this example 25 px) to create a soft-edge effect on the selection.
Step Four: From the (1) Photoshop Menu select (2) Edit > Copy.
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Step Five: From the (1) Photoshop Menu select File > New. In the dialog box set the (2) Background Contents to White, (3) name the new project and select (4) OK.
Step Six: In the new project select Edit > Paste from the Photoshop Menu.
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The selection will appear with a soft-edge vignette effect in the new project window. Save the project as desired.
Additional Resources Adobe TV Photoshop Tutorials:http://tv.adobe.com/product/photoshop/ Tutorial on Selections: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/basic-selection-techniques-and-options/
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