June 2007
Beginner
456 pages
18h 6m
English
book
Photoshop CS3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
by Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas
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Chapter 8. Select
IN THIS CHAPTER
Creating layer-based selections 117
Creating selections by dragging 118
Creating selections based on color 120
Creating selections via a dialog box 124
Saving and loading selections 133
When you select part of a layer, only that area can be edited, and the rest of the layer is protected. Apply a filter, for example, and only the currently selected pixels will be affected. Selections are represented onscreen by a marquee of “marching ants.”
In this chapter, you’ll learn how to create selections using the Marquee, Lasso, Quick ...