In Photoshop CS5: Selections in Depth, author Jan Kabili offers a comprehensive tour of Photoshop CS5's selection features. Selection options are the key to performing creative imaging tasks, such as isolating photo adjustments and making image composites. This course covers selection basics as well as the nuances of selections, including selecting hair, refining masks, saving and recalling selections, working in Quick Mask mode, and creating selections based on image properties, such as luminosity and color channels. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

* Understanding the when and why of making selections
* Combining and transforming selections
* Selecting fine detail with Refine Edge
* Capturing soft and hard edges in one selection
* Understanding the relationship of selections to masks
* Removing color fringe around selections
* Using the Marquee and Lasso tools
* Working with the Color Range command
* Selecting with the Pen tool and paths
* Making easy selections with the Quick Selection tool
* Working with Refine Mask
* Sharing selections between images




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