From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
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The Magic Wand tool - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
The Magic Wand tool
We're going to start things off with the Magic Wand tool because it's a great jumping off point for learning how to use the automated selection tools inside Photoshop. I'm working inside the ManlySaw image.jpg file found inside the 08_selections folder. And I'm going to click and hold on this fourth slot here and switch to the Magic Wand. You'll often hear people generalize that the Magic Wand tool is no good anymore and basically the Quick Selection tool has replaced it. That it's the better automated selection tool. Now not only do I disagree with that, but also it misses the point. These are two very different tools in terms of how they work. The Quick Selection tool grows a selection out to incorporate edges, where the Magic Wand tool selects regions of luminance and/or color by virtue of the fact that it calculates selections in different color channels. So if you want to select a region of color or luminance inside of Photoshop, the Magic Wand tool is a great place to start. And…
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Photoshop versus the real world1m 21s
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Meet the selection tools10m 26s
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Marking the center of an image4m 9s
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Drawing a geometric selection outline4m 45s
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Blurring a selection outline with Feather6m 8s
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Copy and paste versus drag and drop5m 31s
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Creating a graduated selection4m 29s
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Aligning one image with another4m 45s
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Accessing the Move tool on the fly3m 34s
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Invert and Match Colors5m 4s
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Matching colors selectively3m 52s
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Feathering and filling a selection5m 14s
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Dressing up a composition with effects5m 34s
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The incredible image rotation trick2m 18s
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The Magic Wand tool4m 12s
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Tolerance and other options7m 7s
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Grow, Similar, and Inverse5m 39s
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Quick selection and the Magnetic Lasso7m 27s
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Evaluating a selection in Quick Mask8m 52s
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Saving and loading selections6m 14s
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Placing an image with a layer mask3m 22s
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Eliminating edge fringing7m 43s
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