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PhotoShop CS6 - Chapter 3
Selection Tools, moving selections, manipulating selections, cropping an image and erasing within a selection
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Art/Design
11th Grade
01/29/2014

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Geometric selections
Definition
rectangular marquee,elliptical marquee,single row marquee,single column marquee
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Freehand selections
Definition
lasso tool,polygonal lasso tool,magnetic lasso tool
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Edge-based selections
Definition
quick selection tool
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Color-based selections
Definition
Magic wand tool
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Moving a selected area
Definition
To move the selected area use your move tool
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Manipulating selections
Definition
reposition a selection marquee while creating it,move selected pixels,move with arrow keys,selecting from a center point,moving and changing the pixels in a selection,moving and duplicating a selection simultaneously,rotating a selection
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cropping an image
Definition
select the crop image,drag the crop handles to where you want them,and click the commit current crop.
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erasing within a selection
Definition
select the rectangular marquee/lasso tool to select it(be careful not to include anything you want to keep)select the eraser tool and drag it across the area you want to remove.
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Rectangular marquee
Definition
selects a rectangular area
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elliptical marquee
Definition
selects elliptical areas
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single row marquee
Definition
1-pixel-high row
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single column marquee
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1-pixel-wide column
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lasso tool
Definition
traces a freehand selection around an area
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polygonal lasso tool
Definition
sets anchor points in straight segments around an area
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magnetic lasso tool
Definition
is a combination of the lasso tool and the polygonal lasso tool
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quick selection tool
Definition
automatically finds and follows the defining edges in an image
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magic wand tool
Definition
selects parts of an image based on similarity of color
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keyboard shortcuts
Definition
are certain keyboard combinations that save you time
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arrow keys
Definition
arrow keys can help make minor adjustments to the position of selected pixels
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zoom tool
Definition
helps zoom in or out on an image
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crop tool
Definition
helps you crop an image to the size you want
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eraser tool
Definition
erases the pieces you don't want in your image
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