Accurate Layer Selections Using Photoshop’s Selection Tools: Use Photoshop and Illustrator to Refine Your...

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Jennifer Harder

Accurate Layer Selections Using Photoshop’s Selection Tools

Use Photoshop and Illustrator to Refine Your Artwork

Jennifer Harder

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APress
19 December 2021

Photo & image editing; Graphics programming

Take your hand-drawn illustrations to the next level by using various selection tools in Photoshop to clean up the artwork, and Illustrator for final refinement. Also, learn to save your artwork as vector images to be used for web, print, or even stills for character animation.

Author Jennifer Harder begins by showing you how to use basic tools in Photoshop to clean up your artwork, followed by Marquee tools and more. Next, you will see how to use more advanced tools such as Lasso, Magic Wand, the Object Selection tool, and so on. You’ll then get a demonstration of how to control the type of selection using the selection main menu, how to copy selections to another layer, and how to use the focus area. This is followed by a chapter that covers paths, channels, and layer masks that you will master to clean up your artwork.

To round things out, you will learn how to use Illustrator’s different features to further enhance your work. On completing the book,you will have mastered how to make your artwork and illustrations portfolio-ready.

What You Will Learn

Master each selection tool found in Photoshop Choose the right tools for cleaning and refining artwork Save selections for other projects Make your artwork scalable in Illustrator using various methods

Who Is This Book For

Readers with little-to-intermediate-level experience with Photoshop.

By: Jennifer Harder
Imprint: APress
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: 1st ed.
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 1.783kg
ISBN: 9781484274927
ISBN 10: 148427492X
Pages: 938
Publication Date: 19 December 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Introduction and Pre-Photoshop Tools.- Chapter 2: Basic Tools to Know in Photoshop.- Chapter 3: Basic Marquee Tools.- Chapter 4: Using Crop Tools to Make Selections.- Chapter 5: Lasso Selection Tools.- Chapter 6: Selections Magic Wand, Quick Mask Mode, and Type Mask Tools.- Chapter 7: Quick Selection and Object Selection Tools.- Chapter 8: Using Select Color Range and Sky.- Chapter 9: Working with Focus Area and Select and Mask Properties.- Chapter 10: Shape Tools, Pen Tool, and Creating Paths.- Chapter 11: Channel Selections from Paths.- Chapter 12: Save a Selection as a Layer Mask.- Chapter 13: Placing Your Artwork into Illustrator.- Chapter 14: Image Trace.- Chapter 15: Working with the Pen Tools.- Chapter 16: Illustrator Tools.- Chapter 17: Adjusting Colors and Saving Artwork.- Chapter 18: Conclusion.

Jennifer Harder has worked in the graphic design industry for over 10 years. She has a degree in Graphic Communications and is currently teaching Acrobat, InDesign, and Dreamweaver courses at Langara College. As a freelancer, Jennifer frequently works with Adobe PDFs to help enhance websites. She enjoys talking about Adobe Software and her interests include writing, illustration, and working on her websites.