Sally's Sea Shells: Selection Tools

1. Lesson Goals (March 7)

SWBAT:

1. Learn how to select individual pixels on a SINGLE LAYER

2. Learn how to use 8 SELECTION TOOLS

3. ENHANCE selection tool FUNCTIONS with KEYBOARD TRICKS

2. Download Lesson File (March 7)

Sally's Seashells

3. Rename Lesson File (March 7)

1. Find your downloaded file and control-click on it to rename it. Include your last name first. Follow example below.

EXAMPLE: Sally's Seashells Hooker Martina.psd

4. Open File in Photopea (March 7)

Choose open from computer and navigate to your downloaded file.

5. Quick Selection Tool (March 8)

Find the QUICK SELECTION Tool hiding UNDER the Magic Wand Tool.
Click on an off-white area near the edge of the sand dollar.
You should see a doted line selection perfectly selecting the sand dollar. If you don't, try to do it again.

You can only MOVE PIXELS within a LAYER (like the sand dollar) if there is a DOTTED LINE SELECTION around it and you have the Move Tool selected.

6. Move Tool (March 8)

Make sure to POSITION your sand dollar DIFFERENTLY than my sample)

CHOOSE a spot on the plate to move your sand dollar to.
Use the MOVE TOOL to move the SELECTED sand dollar onto the plate,
Select > Deselect (COMMAND D)
Save your work

6. Elliptical Marquee & Space Bar (March 8 & 9)

Select the ZOOM TOOL and click the orange bowl of shells.
Select the ELLIPTICAL SELECT tool hidden under the Rectangular Select tool.
Move the pointer over the bowl of shells, and drag diagonally to create a selection, but do not release the mouse button. It’s OK if your selection does not match the bowl shape yet.
STILL holding down the MOUSE button, press the SPACEBAR, and continue to drag the selection. SEE HOW Instead of resizing the selection, NOW you’re MOVING it. POSITION it so that it aligns better with the bowl.
When the SELECTION border is positioned APPROPRIATELY, release the mouse button.
CHECK to make sure it is NEATLY SELECTED. REDO it if you NEED to.
KEEP the SELECTION active.

7. Command Key Shortcut for Move Tool (March 8 & 9)

Make sure to POSITION your orange bowl DIFFERENTLY than my sample

If the orange bowl of shells is not still selected, repeat the steps in section 6.
With the Elliptical Select tool still selected in the Tools panel, press the Command key and move the pointer within the selection.
The pointer icon now includes a pair of scissors to indicate that the selection will be cut from its current location.
CHOOSE a spot on the plate to move your orange plate to.
Drag the orange plate of shells onto the wooden plate. Make sure it does NOT OVERLAP the SAND DOLLAR.
Select > Deselect (COMMAND D)
Save your work

8. Selecting From a Center Point (March 9)

1 . Select the ZOOM TOOL and ZOOM IN on the Sally's Seashells logo .

2. Select the Elliptical Marquee tool

3. Move the pointer to the approximate center of the Sally’s Seashells logo.

4. Click and begin dragging. Then, without releasing the mouse button, press the OPTION Key as you continue dragging the selection to the outer edge of the Sally’s Seashells logo. The selection is centered over its starting point.

5. If you make a mistake, keep trying until you get it right!

9. Move to Plate and Invert the Color (March 9)

1. Choose VIEW > Fit On Screen (COMMAND 0) so that the ENTIRE image fits within the image window.

2. CHOOSE a spot on the plate to move your Sally Seashells logo to.

3. Select the MOVE TOOL and move the logo onto the plate.

4. Use the Adjustments >Invert option in the IMAGE MENU to make the logo BLUE.

(Image > Adjustments > Invert)

KEEP the dotted line SELECTION on the logo. If you lose it, UNDO (COMMAND Z) to get it back or select it again with the Ellipse Select tool.

10. Moving & Duplicating at Simultaneously (March 9)

1. With the MOVE TOOL selected, press Option as you position the pointer inside the Sally’s Seashells logo while it has the dotted line selection. The pointer becomes a double arrow, which indicates that a COPY will be made when you move the selection.

2 Continue holding down the OPTION key as you drag a COPY of the logo to to where you want it. Release the mouse button and the Option key, but DON"T DESELECT the duplicate graphic.

3. Choose Edit > Transform > SCALE. Scale the copy up so it look noticeably LARGER than the original.

4. KEEP the scaled up copy of the logo SELECTED. If you lose the dotted line selection, UNDO to get it back or select it again with the Ellipse Select tool.

10. Moving & Duplicating at Simultaneously (March 9)

1. Hold down Option and drag a THIRD copy of the Sally’s Seashells logo and position it where you want it. Release the mouse button and the Option key, but DON"T DESELECT the third copy.

2. Choose Edit > Transform > SCALE. Scale the third copy up so it look noticeably LARGER than the second copy.

3. When you’re satisfied with the size and position of the third Sally’s Seashells logo, press the Return key to confirm the scale

4. Choose Select > Deselect

5. File > Save.

11. Deselecting With the Magic Wand Tool (March 10)

1 . Select the ZOOM TOOL and ZOOM IN on the corral .

2. Select the Rectangle Select tool

3. Drag a selection around the piece of coral (See A). Make sure that your selection is large enough so that a margin of white appears between the coral and the edges of the marquee.

4. Select the Magic Wand tool

5. In the options bar, confirm that the Tolerance value is 32. This value determines the range of colors the wand selects. (See below)

5. Hold down the OPTION KEY A minus sign appears next to the wand in the pointer icon (See B)

6 Click in the white background area within the selection marquee. The Magic Wand tool selects the entire background, subtracting it from the selection. Now all the white pixels are deselected, leaving the coral perfectly selected. (See C)

12. Move the Coral onto the Plate (March 10)

1. Choose VIEW > Fit On Screen (COMMAND 0) so that the ENTIRE image fits within the image window.

2. CHOOSE a spot on the plate to move your selected coral to.

3. Select the MOVE TOOL and move the coral onto the plate.

4. Choose Select > Deselect (Command D, and then save your work.

13. Selecting with the Polygonal Lasso (March 11)

1 . Select the ZOOM TOOL and ZOOM IN on the Mussel Shell .

2. Select the POLYGONAL LASSO Tool

3. CLICK along the outside edge of the mussel to place anchor points. Make your clicks VERY CLOSE TOGETHER where the edge of mussel is most CURVED.

4. Continue clicking until you reach where you first clicked to create a CLOSED selection area.

5. Edit > Undo (Command Z) if you lose your selection

14. Move the Selected Mussel to Plate (March 11)

1.Choose View > Fit On Screen to resize the image window to ft on your screen.

2 Press Command as you drag the mussel to the wooden plate. The pointer changes to the Move tool icon.

15. Rotate the Mussel (March 11)

1.Choose Edit > Transform > Rotate. The mussel and selection marquee are enclosed in a bounding box.

2. Move the pointer outside the bounding box so that it becomes a curved, double-headed arrow . Drag to rotate the mussel as shown left.

3. Press the RETURN key on the Keyboard to commit the transformation changes.

4. Choose Select > Deselect.

5. File > Save

16. Magnetic Lasso with Mistakes (March 14)

1 . Select the ZOOM TOOL and ZOOM IN on the NAUTILUS Shell .

2.Select the MAGNETIC LASSO tool hidden under the Lasso tool.

3. CLICK ONCE along the left edge of the nautilus, and then move the Magnetic Lasso tool along the edge to trace its outline.

Even though you’re not holding down the mouse button, the tool snaps to the edge of the nautilus and automatically adds fastening points.

4. When you reach the left side of the nautilus again, double-click to return the Magnetic Lasso tool to the starting point, closing the selection. Or you can move the Magnetic Lasso tool over the starting point and click once.

5. Edit > Undo (Command Z) if you lose your selection

17. Correct with Option Key Subtractions (March 14)

Find an area where some of the background got selected by mistake, (See A)
Select the regular Lasso Tool (See above)
Hold the OPTION KEY on the keyboard
Draw a selection around the area you need to get rid of (subtract). (See B)
Edit > Undo if it doesn't look right and try it again

18. Correct with Shift Key Additions (March 14)

Find an area where some of Nautilus did not get selected, (See C)
Select the regular Lasso Tool (See above)
Hold the SHIFT KEY on the keyboard
Draw a selection around the area you need to add. (See D)
Edit > Undo if it doesn't look right and try it again

19. Move Nautilus onto Plate (March 14)

1.Choose View > Fit the Area (COMMAND 0) to resize the image window to ft on your screen.

2 Press Command as you drag the mussel to the wooden plate. The pointer changes to the Move tool icon.

3. Save your work!

20. Crop the Image (March 17)

A

B

1.Select the CROP TOOL. Photoshop creates a crop boundary around the entire image. (See A, Left)

2. In the OPTIONS bar, choose FREE .

With FREE selected, you can crop the image with any proportions.

3. Again in the OPTIONS bar click to CHECK the BOX for DELETE CROPPED PIXELS.

4. Drag the CROP HANDLES so that the plate is in the highlighted area . Leave some SCRAPS so you can LEARN how to clean that up in the next section (See B, Left)

5. When you’re satisfied with the position of the crop area, tap the RETURN KEY on the keyboard OR click the the CHECK MARK in the OPTION BAR

The cropped image may include some scraps of the background from which you selected and removed shapes. You’ll fix that next.

21. Erase Background "Scraps" (March 17)

1. If you left scraps of background use the Rectangular Marquee tool to select it. Be careful not to include any part of the image that you want to keep. (See A, Left)

2. Select the Eraser tool in the Tools panel, and then make sure that the foreground and background color swatches in the Tools panel are set to the defaults: black in the foreground and white in the background.

3. In the options bar, open the Brushes pop-up panel, and specify an 80-pixel brush with 100% hardness. (See B, Left)

4. Drag the Eraser tool across the area you want to remove. You can erase quickly, because the Eraser tool affects only the selected area.

5. Repeat steps 5–8 to remove any other unwanted scraps of background.

6. Save!

22. Peer Review (March 18)

Include a

Peer Review

Open your assignment in PHOTOPEA and the PRIVATE COMMENTS window in the Google Classroom assignment posting.

You do not have to be done with your work to get a peer review

SWITCH SEATS with a classmate so that you can review each others' work and give feedback.
LOOK at your classmates WORK and the RUBRIC. Include one COMPLIMENT and one SUGGESTION BASED on the RUBRIC below . Also include your NAME (See example, right)
Make sure your PEER does the SAME for you. Check that the peer review they wrote is BASED on the RUBRIC. If it is NOT, ask them to EDIT it so you will not lose points.
If you are having trouble getting someone to do a peer review, let me know

Sample Peer Review:

Your writing should be based on the RUBRIC BELOW in order for your classmate to get the full 5 points.

Nice job making NEAT selections! Don't forget to CROP the image. - Ms. Hooker

CROPPING and NEATNESS are both mentioned on RUBRIC

23. Reflection (March 18)

Include a Reflection & Self-Grading

Also include a REFLECTION: What were you SUCCESSFUL at? What did you STRUGGLE with?
Finally add what GRADE you think you deserve.

Rubric

10 points --- FILE SET UP: The file is named correctly

10 points --- SAND DOLLAR: The SAND DOLLAR was NEATLY selected with the QUICK SELECTION tool and then MOVED onto the PLATE

10 points --- ORANGE BOWL: The ORANGE BOWL was NEATLY selected with the ELLIPSE SELECT tool and then MOVED onto the PLATE

10 points --- SALLY'S SEASHELLS LOGO: The LOGO was NEATLY selected with the ELIPSE tool and then MOVED onto the PLATE. The LOGO was also INVERTED, DUPLICATED, and SCALED UP as directed.

10 points --- CORAL: The CORAL was NEATLY selected with the ELLIPSE SELECT tool and then MOVED onto the PLATE

10 points --- MUSSEL: The MUSSEL was NEATLY selected with the POLYGONAL SELECT tool and then MOVED onto the PLATE

10 points --- NAUTILUS: The NAUTILUS was NEATLY selected with the MAGNETIC LASSO tool and then MOVED onto the PLATE

5 points --- CROP & ERASE: The IMAGE was CROPPED and the the SCRAPS were ERASED

5 points --- POSITIONING: Items are positioned on the plate in a UNIQUE way and does NOT LOOK like SAMPLE. NONE of the objects are OVERLAPPING

5 points --- ONE LAYER: The assignment was completed without making separate layers; it's ONE LAYER.

5 points --- PEER REVIEW: There is a PEER REVIEW in the PRIVATE COMMENTS section that includes one COMPLIMENT and one SUGGESTION based on this RUBRIC

5 points --- REFLECTION and SELF-GRADING: Private comment with reflection and self-grading is included

5 points --- TIMELY COMPLETION: The assignment is completed no later than a week past the due date

Extra Credit

INSTRUCTIONS

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NYC Visual Arts Benchmarks

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• Developing Art Literacy

• Making Connections Through Visual Arts

• Community and Cultural Resources

• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning

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• Developing Art Literacy

• Community and Cultural Resources

• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning

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