Book Description
As the feature list of Adobe Photoshop continues to grow, even
users with years of experience can feel overwhelmed by the many
tools and methods for selecting or isolating parts of an image.
Layers, channels, paths, clipping masks, layer masks, vector masks,
the Pen tool, Magic Wand, and so on — all let users work on
specific regions of an image, but in fundamentally different ways.
Making clean, efficient selections are essential skills for any
Photoshop user, whether a graphic designer, professional
photographer,
or hobbyist.
Graphic designer, teacher, and Photoshop expert Nigel French saves
you hours of frustration by illuminating the best selection tools
and techniques for specific tasks, and the most flexible approaches
to correcting and editing images in Photoshop. Using step-by-step
examples, this book clarifies often-misunderstood selection
methods, shows which masks best select a range of tone or color,
and demonstrates how the right tools and techniques can help
transform even the most mediocre picture into a polished image,
saving you hours of time.
• Learn the fundamentals of making selections, and when to
choose which method
• Blend images and replace backgrounds using layer, vector,
and channel masks
• Correct color and exposure using adjustment layers
• Make next-to-impossible hair selections with channel
masks
• Create a non-destructive workflow, giving you total
creative freedom