From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
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Combining two different tools - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
Combining two different tools
In this exercise I'll show you how to combine the functionality of two different selection tools, specifically we'll be using the Elliptical Marquee and the Magic Wand and that gives you more flexibility when you are creating selection outlines in Photoshop. I am still working inside the file Big eye.psd and let's say I want to apply an effect to this iris. However, I don't want the effect to engage either the highlights or the pupil; I just want to select the yellows and browns inside the eye and of course, I want to avoid the flesh and other portions of the image as well. Probably, the best way to select those areas is to use the Magic Wand tool. So I'll drop down to the Quick Selection tool and before we switch over to the Magic Wand I do want to mention that the Quick Selection tool is the one tool that behaves differently than the others where selection calculations are concerned. Notice that by default, the Add to selection icon is active up here in the Options bar. That means…
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Introducing "selection calculations"4m 19s
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Combining two different tools7m 29s
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Selections and transparency masks5m 17s
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Selecting an eye7m 1s
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Masking and blending a texture into skin5m 1s
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Painting a texture into an eye4m 19s
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Combining layers, masks, channels, and paths4m 54s
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Moving selection outlines vs. selected pixels5m 36s
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Transforming and warping a selection outline7m 45s
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Pasting an image inside a selection7m 26s
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Adding volumetric shadows and highlights6m 54s
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Converting an image into a mask4m 42s
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Selections reign supreme56s
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