From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
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The incredible image rotation trick - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
The incredible image rotation trick
Alright, it's time to switch projects. This time around we're going to create an ad composition using these two image files. One is called ManlySaw image.jpg and the other is called Ad composite.psd. They are both found inside the 08_Selections folder. We're going to be using the Lasso tools as well as the Quick Selection tool, and the Magic Wand in order to select this Manly Saw and its manly hand and move them into this ad composition. We're going to do a pretty seamless job of it as well. Now, I should mention that this grunge metal background comes to us from Catherine Jones of the Fotolia Image Library. If you turn off the effects, you can see what her original image looks like. I've gone ahead and thrown on a color overlay just to infuse it with a little bit of sort of ghoulish green there. The other image comes from me. I actually shot this image, not only did I shoot it, I shot it without a tripod. I'm shooting my own hand, which may make you wonder how in the world I would…
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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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