Graphics Programs Reference
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Using Adjustment Layers
Our next chapter is about making selections and isolating objects, but the selection in this
example is so simple that I thought I would give you a sneak peak of what lies ahead.
Figure 67
will show you how to select the flower and
Figure 68
shows you how to place it
on its own layer.
As shown in
Figure 67
, choose the
Quick Selection Tool
from the
Tool Bar
. Next, just
click at the top of the flower and drag your cursor to the bottom of the flower in a single
motion. Before you release the mouse button, make sure that the cursor is somewhere in-
side the selected area — the flower. Moving quickly from top to bottom seems to work
best. Also, if you overshoot the bottom of the flower, you might get the entire image. Don't
worry, this is easy to fix.
I have enlarged a portion of the
Options Bar
and the drop-down menu for pixel count to the
left of the main image in
Figure 67
. If you just get a line when you drag your cursor across
the flower, you need to increase the pixel count. On the other hand, if you get more than
you want, decrease the pixel count. The pixel count is the brush diameter. A small brush
size works well most of the time. Also, a hard brush — 100% — works best. To the right
of the main image, I have enlarged a portion of the
Options Bar
to show the tools that you
can use to correct a selection that is less than complete.
