Making Selective Changes in Photoshop CC - Adobe Photoshop CC - page 61

Sharpening the selection only.
13 Click and drag in the preview pane to bring the kite into view. Notice that in the preview pane of the
Smart Sharpen dialog box, only the kite is sharpened. Position your cursor over the kite in the preview
pane, and then click and hold. This temporarily turns the preview off. Release the mouse to see the
Smart Sharpen filter effect applied. Click OK.
14 Choose File > Save. Then choose File > Close to close this file.
The Lasso tool
The Lasso tool is a freeform selection tool. It is great for creating an initial rough selection, and even better
for cleaning up an existing selection. The selection that you create is as accurate as your hand on the
mouse or trackpad allows it to be, which is why it lends itself to general cleaning up of selections. The best
advice when using this tool is not to worry about being too precise; you can modify the selection, as you
will see later in this section.
1 Choose File > Browse in Bridge to bring Adobe Bridge forward. Navigate to the ps04lessons folder in-
side the pslessons folder you copied to your computer. Double-click ps0403.psd to open the image. An
image of a snowboarder appears.
2 Choose File > Save As. When the Save As dialog box appears, navigate to the ps04lessons folder. In the
File name text field, type ps0403_work . Choose Photoshop from the Format drop-down menu and
click Save.
You will now create a selection using the Lasso tool.
3 Select the Lasso tool ( ) in the Tools panel.
4 Click slightly outside the snowboarder and drag the Lasso tool around him. The lasso selection that you
are making does not have to be perfect, as you will have an opportunity to edit it shortly.