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Transforming a selection outline

Transforming a selection outline - Photoshop Tutorial

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Transforming a selection outline

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- [Instructor] In this movie, I'll show you how to transform a selection outline independently of an image. And it's all in the name of adding this little gecko to the composition. All right, so I'll go ahead and switch over to my file in progress here. And just to make the selection outline easier to see, I'm going to add a layer of solid color. By going up to the Layer menu, choosing New Fill Layer, and choosing Solid Color. And I figure the easiest color on the eyes is going to be blue, let's say. At which point I'll click OK, and then I'll dial in a shade of blue, namely one with a hue of 210 degrees, a saturation of 77%, and a brightness of 100%, like so. Now, for positioning purposes, when we're trying to figure out where to put the gecko, we also need to be able to see the image itself. So with the Rectangular Marquee Tool active, I'll just tap the 7 key in order to reduce the opacity to 70%. Now I'll go ahead and switch over to my gecko image, and I want to select this guy…

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