From the course: Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Fundamentals
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Add, subtract, and intersect selections - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Fundamentals
Add, subtract, and intersect selections
- [Voiceover] In this movie. I'll show you how to add and subtract from existing selection outlines. Using any of the selection tools. So to make things easy to understand I'm going to go ahead and switch back to the rectangular marquee tool by selecting that tool from the marquee tool fly out menu. And now notice if I drag inside the selection. And this is true when you're using any selection tool. What you'll do is you'll move that selection outline to a different location. Which can sometimes be helpful. But in this case it's obviously not what I want. So I'll just go ahead and press control Z. Or command Z on a mac to undo that move. If I drag outside selection. Then I'll begin a new selection outline. And I'll wipe out the old one. Again that's not what I want. So I'll press control Z or command Z on a mac to undo that change. Now lets say you want to add to a selection outline. One option is to go up here to these icons on the left side of the options bar. And notice the second…
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Photoshop’s power of selection57s
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Using the geometric Marquee tools7m 6s
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Painting with the Quick Selection tool5m
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Add, subtract, and intersect selections5m 48s
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Turning a selection into a layer mask6m 49s
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Aligning a layer to a selection5m 54s
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Working with the Magic Wand tool6m 47s
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Saving and loading selections7m 1s
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Refining the quality of a selection5m 34s
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Adding clouds to your composition4m 35s
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Enhancing the drama of your scene5m 56s
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Conquering the Quick Selection tool6m 31s
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Using each of the three Lasso tools7m 18s
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Drawing a freeform shadow with the Lasso4m 35s
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Colorizing a layer with Color Overlay2m 22s
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