Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
For this selection, I started with the
Magnetic Lasso Tool
and very carefully traced the
edges of the dancer and his costume. I then modified my selection with the
Quick Selec-
tion Tool
as shown in
Figure 92
. I subtracted the open areas around the feathers on his
spear and the open areas inside the buffalo horns. At this point, I had little more than 3
minutes invested in this project and a fairly decent selection. I knew from experience that
I would still have to clean up my selection with a layer mask. There are several areas that
just don't respond well to the selection tools.
My next step was to select
Refine Edge
from the
Options Bar
. The
Refine Edge Panel
has a number of ways to look at your selection and refine it. For this example, we are only
going to look at the
Overlay
Option. The
Overlay
option will place a transparent red mask
over the image and around the selection —
Figure 93
.
