photoshop workshop- quick mask mode

In quick mask mode you can edit the area that you have selected. you can do this in two ways. firstly you can lasso the area, then neaten the edges of the area in quick mask mode, or you can press quick mask mode when nothing is selected and earse the red of the area you wish to select.

quick mask mode tool is the box with a circle inside, on the bottom of the left tool bar. anything you have not selected before pressing quick mask mode will turn red. now press the erase tool, change the brush size and maybe zoom into the areas edge. now press and drag on areas you wish to deselect (this will turn them red). to select or reselect an area do the same, but swap the colour using the arrows. to change from select to deselect just click the arrow next to the colour box on the left hand side. when happy with the selected area reclick the quick mask mode tool. now you can move, copy and paste this selects selection.