Selections Exercise

Selections

Step 1

Open Photoshop CC

Step 2

The two files you need to open for this exercise can be found here:

File Menu > to Open and from the Look in select the G: Graphics drive folder > Computer Art > Photoshop Exercises Files.

Open both the Dog Retriever.jpg and Park.jpg images.

Step 3

Select the Quick Selection Brush

Step 4

Open the photo of the Retriever Dog

Step 5

Click and drag over the dog using the Quick Selection Brush tool. You will see a moving dotted line as you do this.

Step 6

Hold down the Shift key and then Select Menu > Select and Mask

Step 7

Select Overlay (V) if you don't already have this view selected. Most of the outside are around the dog will be a red color.

Then Press the Esc Key on keyboard

Step 8

Increase your brush size to 200

Step 9

Begin painting around the dog keeping the circle of the brush half on the dog and half on the background.

Step 10

Open the photo called Park.jpg

Step 11

Drag the photo of the dog to the park photo

Step 12

Save this to Your Google Drive folder as Selections Refine Edge.psd

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