Here’s an example of when Magic Select just can’t quite get it (zoom in to see the details). One tip: if you want to retrace your steps, use the Undo or History tool in the upper-right corner, not the Go Back button. This doesn’t always happen perfectly, however, and you may need to add or subtract from the scene. I made one diagonal swipe with the mouse across the plug (with the “Add” button” selected) and Magic Select correctly guessed what I was looking for. That’s a real shame, because you can end up with tiny little regions of the photo-sort of like islands-that are too small to individually swipe through.) Mark Hachman / IDG (A drawn circle would be an excellent way to tell Magic Select what to choose, but it doesn’t really work. Paint 3D was designed with 3D dioramas in mind, but opening an image with the Edit with Paint 3D shortcut will bypass the 3D setup and take you into the 2D editing tool. For the purposes of editing a photo, you’ll want to ignore the majority of the Paint 3D UI, anyway. You’ll need to left-click once to preview the photo, then right-click it, drop down to the Edit and Create sub-menu, and on to Edit with Paint 3D. In Photos, this option isn’t immediately available. With the latter, simply right-click the file and scroll down to Edit with Paint 3D. The easiest ways to jump directly into editing your photos are either to open the Photos app with your stored photos or open the folder on your PC where you archive your photos. Let’s dive in! How to use Paint 3D’s Magic Select Keep it simple and you’ll have much better luck. You’ll probably quickly notice the limitations of Magic Select: If you try to edit a complex image, full of little bits to add and remove, Magic Select and Paint 3D really struggles. Edits to the second photo were made using Paint 3D by IDG’s Mark Hachman. You will be able to select and cut out anything: faster and cleaner.The original photo is credited to Cara Neil, on Flickr, in the public domain. Colin shows you exactly how in 18 lessons.Īll the images are included for you to follow along. Stop struggling with selections. Learn how to select and cut out anything from people, hair, trees, complex shapes and even transparency.ĭiscover how to get perfect edges, without halos and jaggies. You can get my free Layer Blending modes ebook here PHOTOSHOP CC SELECTION SECRETS NEW COURSE BY COLIN SMITH ![]() (Ive been posting some fun Instagram and Facebook Stories lately) PS Don’t forget to join our mailing list and follow me on Social Media> Browse our other tutorials and bookmark PSC so you don’t I make a new tutorial each week here at PhotoshopCAFE. You can touch it up by painting on the layer mask with black or white. Hold Down Alt/Option and click on the new Layer mask button. All the white areas will be selected.Ĭlick on RGB to turn the channels back on. Often you will use both dodge and burn for hair.Ĭmd/Ctrl+Click on the channel thumbnail to lead the selection. (The video shows this is action very well) Set it to highlights, and paint around any of the edges that need to be lightened. When you have finished with the dark edges switch to the Dodge tool Work your way around the edges, notice how to burn tool can darken the edges in a nice smooth way. ![]() This is where we will smoothen it to get a perfect cutout.Ĭhoose the burn tool and set the Range to shadows and the Exposure to 15% Ctrl/Cmd+Delete will fill with foreground color. Press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+I to inverse the selectionįill the selection with White. (This varies a little from the video, because I wanted to show off the technique better in the video, so this step is optional)Ĭhoose Select>Modify>Expand 20-30 pixel depending on image resolution. Alt/Option+Delete will fill with foreground color. This shrinks the selection to the inside of the image.įill the selection with black. This will make a copy of the channel for us to work on.Ĭhoose Select>Modify>Contract and enter 10-15 pixels (Blue Channel) Click on “Blue”ĭrag the Blue channel to the new channel icon at the bottom (the square with the plus sign in it) On earlier version of Photoshop make a selection around the subject using quick select, magic wand, or whatever you have available.Ĭhoose the channel with most contrast. ![]() in CC2019 or newer (we are using Photoshop 2020 here) choose the Quick selection tool and click on select Subject. It will work with all version of Photoshop. This type of cutout is sometimes called a channel pull, although many channel pulls just use levels and don’t include the powerful dodge and burn technique you will learn here. We will be using Channels and well as dodging and burning to create our mask.
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