Tuesday, 6 June 2017

Chapter 4 & 5 - Making and Manipulating Selections

Marquee Tool

Using the shortcut 'M', you can access the Marquee Tool,
Rectangular Marquee Tool - Allows to create Rectangles
Elliptical Marquee Tool
Single Row Marquee Tool
Single Coloumn Marquee Tool

Lasso Tools

Polygonal Lasso Tool
Magnetic Lasso Tool
Lasso Tool

Transforming Selections

Scale - CTRL+T then hold SHIFT
Rotate - CTRL+T then placing the mouse to the comer of the selected area, 
Skew/Distort - CTRL+T then hold SHIFT+ALT,
Perspective CTRL+T then SHIFT+ALT+CTRL while dragging

Saving and Loading Selections

To save a selection go to the menu bar and hover over 'Select' then on the drop down menu
'Save Selection'

These selections are saved as Alpha Channels

To load a selection go to the menu bar and hover over 'Select' then on the drop down menu 'Load Selection

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