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Using the Focus Area tool

Using the Focus Area tool - Photoshop Tutorial

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Using the Focus Area tool

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- [Narrator] In this movie I'll show you how to use the Focus Area tool. Which is a kind of brush that lets you paint in and paint away selections. So pretty much all we've done so far is to go up to the Select menu and choose the Focus Area command. And then let it automatically do its thing. Now notice when I move my cursor out into the larger image window I am seeing a brush with a little + sign in it. And that tells me that I can paint in area selection. So let's say I make my brush bigger by pressing the right bracket key a few times. And then I just paint away from her neck, like so. Notice as soon as I release Photoshop adds an area that's larger than my brushstroke. And that's because it's trying to match the focus of the area that I brushed. That's not what I want, of course. So I'll go ahead and push ctrl + z or cmd + z on the Mac to undo that change. And notice if I press the alt key or the option key on the Mac that + sign inside my cursor becomes a - sign. At which point…

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