Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Image with the background selected.
To see what is included in a selection, position any selection tool over the image. If the icon appears
as a hollow arrow with a dotted box next to it, it is over an active selection. If the icon of the tool or
crosshair appears, that area is not part of the active selection.
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Press Ctrl+0 (zero) (Windows) or Command+0 (zero) (Mac OS) to fit the picture to the screen. Then
press and hold the Shift key and click the area of sky that was left unselected. Those areas are added to
the selection of the sky.
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Choose Select > Inverse. Now the selection has been turned inside out, selecting the kite. Inversing a se-
lection is a helpful technique when solid colors are part of an image, since you can make quick selec-
tions instead of focusing on the more diversely colored areas of an image.
If you have control over the environment when you capture your images, it can be helpful to take a
picture of an object against a solid background. That way, you can create quick selections using
tools like Quick Selection and the Magic Wand.
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Don't worry if you accidentally deselect a region, since Photoshop remembers your last selection.
With the selection of the kite still active, choose Select > Deselect, and the selection is deselected; then
choose Select > Reselect to reselect the kite.
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Now you will sharpen the kite without affecting the sky. Choose Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen.
The Smart Sharpen dialog box appears.
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Drag the Amount slider to the right to about 200, or type
200
into the Amount text field. Leave the
Radius text field at 1. Change the Reduce Noise slider to about 10%, or type
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into the Reduce Noise
text field. There are reasons that you have entered these settings; they are just not addressed in this les-
son that is focused on selections. Read more about Sharpening in Lesson 6, “Color Correcting an
Image.”
