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Selecting soft edge objects using Select and Mask

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Selecting soft edge objects using Select and Mask

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- [Instructor] In order to select a soft-edge object like this dog, we're going to use the object select tool to start the selection but then we're going to need to go in and modify that edge using the select and mask workspace. In this case I want to de-saturate the background so that the dog stands out a bit more as the main subject. So I'll choose the object select tool, set the mode to rectangle, and click and drag over the dog. I want to make sure that I'm selecting only the dog, and not the transitional areas, so I'll switch to the lasso tool and then set it to the first option, but I'm going to hold down the option key or the ALT key on Windows, and now I get the subtraction icon, because there's some areas here that I think are foreground, and not really the dog. So I'm going to come along here, and just subtract them. And then again, right over here, including this area of the paw. 'Cause again, I want to make…

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