Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 Studio Techniques

Protect Foreground Color

On occasion, you'll find that the Tolerance setting alone isn't enough to isolate the subject from the background (Figure 14.7). That's when you'll want to start using the Protect Foreground Color check box. With that check box turned on, Photoshop will start thinking about two colors: the one under the crosshair, which will tell it what to delete, and the foreground color, which will tell it what to save (Figure 14.8). While the Background Eraser tool is active, you can hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) and click on the part of your image you want to save—that will change your foreground color and therefore prevent the color you click on from being deleted. The only problem is that you might forget that you're protecting ...