Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuale Utente

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Selecting parts of an image

You can first make a rough selection with a marquee tool, Quick Selection Brush, or other selection tool, and then fine-
tune your selection with the Selection Brush tool. You can add to the selection using the Selection Brush tool in 
Selection mode, or subtract from it in Mask mode.

Select the Selection Brush tool 

 from the toolbox. You may need to click the Quick Selection tool in the toolbox 

and select the Selection Brush from the list of hidden tools that appears.

By default, the tool is set to Add To Selection

 

. To subtract from the selection, click Subtract From Selection

 

 

in the options bar.

(Optional) Set Selection Brush tool options in the options bar located above your image:

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Choose a brush from the brush presets pop-up panel.

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Specify the brush size.

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Choose Selection (to add to the selection) or Mask (to subtract from the selection) from the Mode menu.

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Set the brush tip’s hardness to a value between 1% and 100%.

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When using Mask mode, specify an Overlay Opacity between 1% and 100%.

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When using Mask mode, click the Overlay Color swatch and select a color in the Color Picker to set the mask color. 
This is useful when the mask color (Overlay Color) is too similar to the colors in the photo.

Draw in your photo to select or deselect areas. 

Use the Magic Extractor to make accurate selections based on the appearance of foreground and background areas that 
you specify. You can specify these areas by placing colored marks in the areas you want to select. After you mark the 
areas and close the dialog box, only the foreground area appears in the photo.