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.

photoshop workshop- lassoing

To lasso a part an image,select the lasso tool
you can use either free form lasso, lassoing with straight lines, or magnetic lasso.

free form lasso tool allows you to freely make any shape you want to cut out. just click and drag the tool around the area you wish to select,making sure you end at exactly where you started.it is good to have a steady hand if selecting a specific details using the free form lasso tool.

polygonal lasso,to select hold and drag across on the lasso tool to bring it up
this allows you to lasso useing straight lines

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 Magnetic lasso tool, select like how you did for the polygonal lasso tool.
more accurate selection by sticking like a magnet to edges of the area you wish to select.



You can then copy and paste this area onto another selection of the image or another image. A great way to make sure you have eveything that you want selected. use quick mass mode. there you can erase parts this you don't want in the selected area, or unerase parts that you didn't select when using the lasso tool.

photoshop workshop-fantasy landscape final image

here are the two original images that i used to create my final fantasy landscape image :) .

photoshop workshop- black and white with colour

to create a black and white image. with aspects of colour. first copy the background layer.
then with the copied background. turn it black and white . (using image, adjustments and black and white)

next select the erase tool, and change the size. now erase parts of the picture that you wish to be in colour. this will allow the bottom layer to be seem so it seems that the image has colour.

photoshop workshop- transforming

to transform a image. go to edit, transform. and warp. from here you can select different settings i.e. twist.

photoshop workshop - adding text

to add text to the image. text the text tool. next change the colour size and fount of the text. you can also change the shape of the text by using warp. 

 

photoshop workshop-adding colour

 to add colour to an image. select the "brush" tool and then select the size of the brush. now pick the colour/colours. add a new layer. and paint in what you want coloured.

after filling in all you wanted to colour in, change "normal" in the layer box to your chosen program. i.e. overlay