Selections and Layers

What is a selection?

A selection is a way to isolate part of an image so your edits will affect only that area.

Why make a selection?

Common reasons to make a selection are to:

• Change the appearance of part of an image by applying a filter or other effect to the selection;

• Adjust part of a photograph by making a correction to the lighting or colour of the selected area;

• Replace a background by selecting and deleting the initial background and adding a different background instead;

• Manipulate part of an image, such as copying or moving selected content.

Let's try out some selection tools.

Copy and Paste this image into Photoshop and we will explore some tools

Let's try adding some images to our photo

Sharing your work

When you are finished decorating your new condo, export the image as a JPG (FILE > EXPORT > SAVE FOR WEB (LEGACY) and update your learning journal.