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Quick selecting and Refining
The newest additions to Photoshop's selection toolset are called the Quick Select
tool and the Refine Edge tool. These tools are typically employed together, with
Refine Edge cleaning up after the initial quick selection. The Quick Select tool
employs real-time processing to make intelligent selections based on brush-
strokes that automatically detect color similarity and edges. Quick Select and
Refine Edge provide the one-two punch that you will use in the following steps
to capture a difficult subject such as hair blowing in the breeze without having
to painstakingly lasso every flyaway follicle.
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1.
Go to the topic's Downloads page at
www.sybex.com/go
Woman.jpg
, and open it.
2.
Select the Quick Select tool by pressing Shift+W. Choose Add To
Selection mode on the options bar and select Auto-Enhance. Open
the Brush Picker drop-down and select a 13 px hard, round brush.
3.
Make a brushstroke over the large region of blue background and
observe that the marching ants very quickly adhere to the curves of
the figure's body. Continue making strokes above the top of her head
and to the right of the figure (see Figure 7.24).
FIGURe 7.24
Initial quick selection
