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2022 | Buch

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Accurate Layer Selections Using Photoshop’s Selection Tools

Use Photoshop and Illustrator to Refine Your Artwork

verfasst von: Jennifer Harder

Verlag: Apress

Enthalten in: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Technik"

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Über dieses Buch

Take your hand-drawn illustrations to the next level by using various selection tools in Photoshop to clean up the artwork, and Illustrator for final refinement. Also, learn to save your artwork as vector images to be used for web, print, or even stills for character animation.

Author Jennifer Harder begins by showing you how to use basic tools in Photoshop to clean up your artwork, followed by Marquee tools and more. Next, you will see how to use more advanced tools such as Lasso, Magic Wand, the Object Selection tool, and so on. You’ll then get a demonstration of how to control the type of selection using the selection main menu, how to copy selections to another layer, and how to use the focus area. This is followed by a chapter that covers paths, channels, and layer masks that you will master to clean up your artwork.

To round things out, you will learn how to use Illustrator’s different features to further enhance your work. On completing the book, you will have mastered how to make your artwork and illustrations portfolio-ready.

What You Will Learn

Master each selection tool found in PhotoshopChoose the right tools for cleaning and refining artworkSave selections for other projectsMake your artwork scalable in Illustrator using various methods

Who Is This Book For

Readers with little-to-intermediate-level experience with Photoshop.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. Introduction and Pre-Photoshop Tools
Abstract
Welcome to Accurate Layer Selections Using Photoshop’s Selection Tools. As a graphic artist who enjoys drawing, I felt that it would be helpful to have a book explaining how to make your drawings portfolio ready and turn them into vector art. When I think about Photoshop, I sometimes focus too much on the digital photography aspect of the application or the fact that I can manipulate my photos using various filters to make them appear like drawings.
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Chapter 2. Basic Photoshop Tools
Abstract
This chapter gives an overview of the basic Photoshop panels, tools, adjustment layers, and filters to clean up sketches. It also explains how to set up a workspace so that you can work efficiently.
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Chapter 3. Basic Marquee Tools
Abstract
In this chapter, you learn how to use the basic marquee tools. Let’s start by making selections in Photoshop. You can find the projects for this chapter in the Chapter 3 folder.
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Chapter 4. Using Crop Tools to Make Selections
Abstract
This chapter shows how the crop tools make a selection to crop or straighten an image.
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Chapter 5. Lasso Selection Tools
Abstract
This chapter shows how to use the Lasso, Polygonal, and Magnetic Lasso tools to get a more accurate selection of the area depending on the background. We’ll then review how to copy that selection on a new layer in the Layers panel.
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Chapter 6. Selections with Magic Wand, Quick Mask Mode, and Type Mask Tools
Abstract
This chapter shows how to use the Magic Wand and the Quick Mask mode to refine selections using the Brush or Eraser tool. You continue to look at various ways to control the type of selection using the main menu and copy selections to another layer. A brief reference at the end is made on how you can use the horizontal and vertical type mask tools to make a type selection.
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Chapter 7. Quick Selection and Object Selection Tools
Abstract
This chapter shows how to use the Quick Selection or Object Selection tools to refine selections in combination with the Brush tool or the Eraser tool.
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Chapter 8. Using Color Range and Sky
Abstract
This chapter shows you how to use the Select menu’s Color Range dialog box and Sky option to deal with images that have difficult color selections.
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Chapter 9. Working with Focus Area and Select and Mask Properties
Abstract
In this chapter, I demonstrate how to use the Focus Area dialog box and Select and Mask workspace with the Properties panel and a variety of selection tools.
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Chapter 10. Shape Tools, Pen Tools, and Creating Paths
Abstract
This chapter teaches you how to use the Shape tools or a Pen tool to create a path that can later be made into a selection for other projects.
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Chapter 11. Channel Selections from Paths
Abstract
This chapter shows you how to save a selection from the Paths panel in the Channels panel so that it can be reused and saved as a selection.
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Chapter 12. Save a Selection as a Layer Mask
Abstract
This chapter shows you how to use the saved selections or paths and create a mask that can be altered or refined in a variety of ways.
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Chapter 13. Placing Your Artwork into Illustrator
Abstract
Once you clean up a Photoshop file, you are ready to place it into Illustrator. In this chapter, I demonstrate how to do that.
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Chapter 14. Image Trace
Abstract
In this chapter, you learn how to use the Image Trace panel to clean up your artwork and look at options for tracing with the Control bar and Image Trace panel.
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Chapter 15. Working with the Pen Tools
Abstract
In this chapter, you learn how to work with the Shape and Pen tools in areas in which Image Trace did not do such a good job.
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Chapter 16. Illustrator Tools
Abstract
This chapter shows how to use a few additional Illustrator tools that can help you re-create your artwork further.
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Chapter 17. Adjusting Colors and Saving Artwork
Abstract
This chapter demonstrates how to adjust your colors quickly and discusses file formats for saving your artwork for your portfolio.
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Chapter 18. Conclusion
Abstract
Once your artwork is saved in Illustrator, where can you use it in other projects or Adobe programs? Let’s explore some possibilities in this chapter.
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Backmatter
Metadaten
Titel
Accurate Layer Selections Using Photoshop’s Selection Tools
verfasst von
Jennifer Harder
Copyright-Jahr
2022
Verlag
Apress
Electronic ISBN
978-1-4842-7493-4
Print ISBN
978-1-4842-7492-7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7493-4