From the course: Photoshop Compositing Tips, Tricks, & Techniques
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Refine Edge - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop Compositing Tips, Tricks, & Techniques
Refine Edge
- [Instructor] The Quick Selection tool is one of the primary selection tools that I use on a daily basis. It's great for starter selections that can be easily improved using the Select and Mask command. In this project we'll create a selection of the rocket ship and the spaceport sign, and then improve the initial selection with the Select and Mask tools. Then, we'll take the rocket to the stars by adding in a new background. I'm going to start off by going and choosing the Quick Selection tool. Up in the options for that tool, I'm just going to click on the New Selection button. I'm going to make my brush size bigger. I can make my brush size bigger by just tapping the right bracket key. If I tap the left bracket key it goes smaller. Or, here's a great shortcut. If I hold down Option and Control on a Mac and drag from left to right or horizontally I can change the size of the brush. That shortcut on Windows would be Alt, right click, drag horizontally to resize the brush. Here's a…
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