Selection settings in Photoshop. Selection Tools: Fast Mask. Complex discards of selection

The easiest way to create a selection in Adobe Photoshop. - This will take advantage of the quick mask mode - Quick Mask..

Besides, in Adobe Photoshop. To select part of the image, you can use any of the allocation tools: Rectangular Marquee / Rectangular Selection, Elliptical Marquee / Elliptic Selection, Lasso / Lasso, Polygonal Lasso / Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic Lasso, Magic Wand / Magnetic Wand.

Rectangular Marquee tools / Rectangular selection and Elliptical Marquee / Elliptic selection on the toolbar are hidden in one icon. The toolbar displays the pictogram of the last selected tool. In order to open the pop-up menu, you must right-click on the right arrow, bottom to this icon.

LASSO / Lasso tools, Polygonal Lasso / Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic Lasso on the toolbar is hidden in one icon. The toolbar displays the pictogram of the last selected tool. In order to open the pop-up menu, you must right-click on the right arrow, bottom to this icon.

  • LASSO / Lasso

    • The tool is designed to create an arbitrary shape.

    In order to highlight the area of \u200b\u200barbitrary shape in the image:

  • Polygonal Lasso / Polygonal Lasso

    • The tool is also intended to create the discharge of arbitrary shape, but the selection contour consists of straight segments.

    In order to highlight the area with the Polygonal Lasso tool / Polygonal Lasso:

    The tool is designed to highlight areas of arbitrary shape.

    When using tool Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic Lasso It is not necessary to very accurately follow the contour of the object of the object. If the object has a sufficiently good contrast in relation to its surrounding background, then the line of the boundary of the area of \u200b\u200bthe area itself will be attracted to the edge of the object.

    In order to highlight the area with the tool Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic Lasso Need:

  • Magic Wand / Magic Wand

    • The tool is designed to highlight the area with the same or similar to color pixels. Admission parameters are set using the parameter Tolerance / tolerance On the options panel of this tool. The greater the magnitude of this parameter, the more colors fall into the selected area. The value of the tolerance varies from 0 to 255. When the tolerance is 0 - the area of \u200b\u200bone color is allocated, when tolerance is 255 - all colors are allocated, that is, the entire image.

    To highlight the area of \u200b\u200bthe image, filled with one color, it is necessary:

    Step 1. Select tool on the toolbar Magic Wand / Magic Wandby clicking on the icon.

    Step 2. Take a mouse cursor to the point of the image that must be enabled in the selection area, and click the left mouse button. As a result, the selection circuit appears around the point, the color of which coincides with the color of the specified point, taking into account the tolerance specified by the parameter Tolerance / tolerance.

The flexibility of using the listed tools is ensured by the fact that the areas allocated by them can fold, clean each other, get the intersection of two drawn frames.

To add a new selection to the old one, you need to press the SHIFT key before using the tool on the keyboard and holding it down, to be selected.

In order to deduct a new selection from the old one, you need to press the tool before using the tool. the alt key (Option on Macintosh).

Sharing the Shift and Alt keys leads to the fact that the area of \u200b\u200balignment (overlay) of the old and new selection (SHIFT and OPTION on Macintosh) remains selected.

The easiest way to create a selection in Adobe Photoshop. - This will take advantage of the quick mask mode - Quick Mask..

  • Mode Quick Mask / Fast Mask

To go from the usual drawing mode to mode Quick Mask. You must click on the button at the bottom of the tool palette or use the "hot" key Q.

In mode Quick Mask / Fast Mask need a Pencil tool (pencil) or Brush (brush) with a hard edge (hardness 100%) to paint in black (which in mode Quick Mask / Fast Mask will be represented by translucent red) those elements that need to be removed from the image.

After that, you should return to normal drawing mode by pressing the button at the bottom of the tool palette, and invert the selection by selecting from the menu Select / highlight Team Inverse / invert. Invert the selection is necessary, since when working in mode Quick Mask / Fast Mask, the selection falls the part of the image that was not painted. You can of course initially in the fast mask mode to paint what the image should not get into the selection, and the unnecessary objects and defects are not painted, but most likely this process will be more time consuming.

Besides, in Adobe Photoshop. To select part of the image, you can use any of the allocation tools: Rectangular Marquee / Rectangular Selection, Elliptical Marquee / Elliptic Selection, Lasso / Lasso, Polygonal Lasso / Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic Lasso, Magic Wand / Magnetic Wand.

Rectangular Marquee tools / Rectangular selection and Elliptical Marquee / Elliptic selection on the toolbar are hidden in one icon. The toolbar displays the pictogram of the last selected tool. In order to open the pop-up menu, you must right-click on the right arrow, bottom to this icon.

The tool is designed to highlight rectangular or square areas.

In order to select a rectangular image area necessary:

Step 1. Activate the selection tool RECTANGULAR MARQUEE / Rectangular selectionBy clicking on the toolbar pictogram, or (if the last selected selection tool was not the Rectangular Marquee / Rectangular Selection tool) Select the tool from the pop-up menu.

Step 2. Take the mouse cursor to the point in the image, where it is supposed to be an angle of an imaginary rectangle, and click the left mouse button.

Step 3.


In order to select the square image area, it is necessary to hold down the SHIFT key when highlighted. It should be noted that if there is already some selected area, then when using the SHIFT speaker keys, it builds it. Therefore, shift should be pressed only when the area is already started.

The tool is designed to highlight ellipses and circles.

In order to select the elliptical area on the image you need:

Step 1. ELLIPTICAL MARQUEE / Elliptical selectionBy clicking on the icon, or (if the last selected selection tool was not an Elliptical Marquee / elliptical selection tool) Select a tool from the pop-up menu.

Step 2. Take the mouse cursor to the point in the image, where it is supposed to be an angle of an imaginary rectangle, which will be inscribed by an ellipse, and press the left mouse button.

Step 3. Continuing to hold the left mouse button pressed, move the mouse cursor diagonally to the opposite corner and release the mouse button.

In order to select the circle, you must hold the SHIFT key when you select. It should be noted that if there is already some selected area, then when using the SHIFT key will build it. Therefore, shift should be pressed only when the area is already started.

If, when selecting a rectangular or elliptic fold on the image, hold down the ALT key on Macintosh, the contour will be formed from the center to the boundaries, and not from one angle to another.

LASSO / Lasso tools, Polygonal Lasso / Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic Lasso on the toolbar is hidden in one icon. The toolbar displays the pictogram of the last selected tool. In order to open the pop-up menu, you must right-click on the right arrow, bottom to this icon.

  • LASSO / Lasso

The tool is designed to create an arbitrary shape.

In order to highlight the area of \u200b\u200barbitrary shape in the image:

Step 1. Select tool on the toolbar LASSO / LassoBy pressing the left mouse button on the icon, or (if the last selected selection tool was not a LASSO / Lasso tool) Select a tool from the pop-up menu.

Step 2. Take the mouse cursor to the object that you want to highlight, and by pressing the left mouse button, circle an object and closure the contour.

The tool is also intended to create the discharge of arbitrary shape, but the selection contour consists of straight segments.

In order to highlight the area with the Polygonal Lasso tool / Polygonal Lasso:

Step 1. Select tool on the toolbar Polygonal Lasso / Polygonal LassoBy clicking on the icon, or (if the last selected selection tool was not a Polygonal Lasso tool / polygonal lasso) Select a tool from the pop-up menu.

Step 2. Take the cursor to anywhere next to the object you want to highlight, and click the left mouse button - it will be the first point of the contour.

Step 3. Move the mouse cursor to the next outlet point near the first and click the left mouse button again. The program will automatically build between two dots cut straight.

Step 4. Continuing to lift the points in this way, cover the entire object and close the contour.

The tool is designed to highlight areas of arbitrary shape.

When using tool Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic Lasso It is not necessary to very accurately follow the contour of the object of the object. If the object has a sufficiently good contrast in relation to its surrounding background, then the line of the boundary of the area of \u200b\u200bthe area itself will be attracted to the edge of the object.

In order to highlight the area with the tool Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic Lassoneed:

Step 1. Select tool on the toolbar Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic LassoBy clicking on the icon, or (if the last selected selection instrument was not the Magnetic Lasso / Magnetic Lasso tool) Select the tool from the pop-up menu.

Step 2. Take the mouse cursor to the edge of the object, which must be highlighted.

Step 3. Climb the left mouse button and start slowly move the cursor along the line of the planned distribution circuit. Special attention should be paid to the reference points that appear as the circuit is generated and when you click the mouse, and if the position of any reference point does not match the planned, just press the Delete key to remove it, return the cursor to the position of the previous reference point and repeat it movement along the line selection.

Step 4. Click the outline, i.e. to connect the final reference point with the initial one, by clicking on it the cursor or simply double-clicking the mouse button.

  • Magic Wand / Magic Wand

The tool is designed to highlight the area with the same or similar to color pixels. Admission parameters are set using the parameter Tolerance / tolerance On the options panel of this tool. The greater the magnitude of this parameter, the more colors fall into the selected area. The value of the tolerance varies from 0 to 255. When the tolerance is 0 - the area of \u200b\u200bone color is allocated, when tolerance is 255 - all colors are allocated, that is, the entire image.

To highlight the area of \u200b\u200bthe image, filled with one color, it is necessary:

Step 1. Select tool on the toolbar Magic Wand / Magic Wandby clicking on the icon.

Step 2. Take the mouse cursor to the point of the image that should be enabled in the selection area, and click the left mouse button. As a result, the selection circuit appears around the point, the color of which coincides with the color of the specified point, taking into account the tolerance specified by the parameter Tolerance / tolerance.

The flexibility of using the listed tools is ensured by the fact that they allocated by them can be deducted from each other, to obtain the intersection of the two drawn frames.

To add a new selection to the old one, you need to press the SHIFT key before using the tool on the keyboard and holding it down, to be selected.

In order to deduct a new selection from the old one, you need to press the ALT key before using the tool (OPTION to Macintosh).

Sharing the Shift and Alt keys leads to the fact that the area of \u200b\u200balignment (overlay) of the old and new selection (SHIFT and OPTION on Macintosh) remains selected.

12. Creative tools.

· Toolbar (Toolbox) Photoshop is the main interface element used to access tools. To apply the tool, click the desired image of the image. Some frequently used commands are also added on the toolbar. Among the foreground colors and background switches, buttons to change the document display modes, masking modes and quickly launch Imageready programs. On the buttons of some tools there are small triangles in the lower right corner. This suggests that they have their own revealing panels of additional tools. To open such a panel, click the tool icon and do not release a couple of seconds until the list with additional tools appears.

· Instruments. Use and key combination

Under the "complex" object refers to the object with complex edges that can not be isolated using the Lasso tool. Methods of cutting complex objects are quite a lot, you can get acquainted with two other ways at this link: how to cut a complex object in photoshop using overlay parameters and using color channels.

In this lesson, I will show as possible in the photoshop program to allocate a complex object using the "mask".

This method can be allocated and cut, for example, a person from a photo or other complex object. As an example, I took a photo of a running horse, which we are in the process of the lesson "cut out" from the rear background.

1) Go to B. pHOTOSHOP program, open a picture (photo) of a horse by selecting in the top menu "File" - "Open";

2) in the layer window, with standard settings Photoshop it is located in the lower right corner, you will see what appeared new layer With a miniature open picture. This layer must be selected, as in the figure, if it is not highlighted, click on it 1 time with the left mouse button.

4) After that, we take a brush of any, convenient form, set up its "opacity" and "push" by 100% and supply the horse. In this case, the color of the brush after pressing the "fast mask" will be black, thus rolling the object we get its release by a translucent red layer. If somewhere climbed the brush for the fields, you can simply be lastic. Adjust (Increase, reduce) Brush dimensions to more accurately circle all parts of the object. Things like hair, translucent film, wings of flies, etc. You need to circuit with a brush with a push settings about 50%.

5) So, we have an object allocated "fast mask", it can be seen by a translucent red background, now press the right mouse button on the "Fast mask" icon, as in clause 3. After pressing, we will see that we have allocated all around the object, i.e. All that we have lost the brush remains not dedicated, and everything around it is seen - it can be seen in the picture on dotted lines covering the photo fields.

6) Now you need to select the object itself, you need to go to the selection mode, for this press the right mouse button on the "Select" icon in the left menu from above.

7) Now we bring the cursor to our object, click right button Mouse and in the menu that appears, select the "inversion of the selected area" and get the selected object you need!

8) Now the object that we wore in the "fast mask" mode is highlighted and we can drag it or cut on another layer. In order to cut the object to a new layer, you need to bring the cursor to the object in paragraph 7, click the right mouse button and select "Cut to a new layer" in the menu.

If you need to drag the object, then select the "Move" tool in the left menu, at the top of the Move tool and hold the left mouse button take our selected object and drag it.

Tip: When selecting an object, you can use different kinds brushes. For example, if you draw the mane (hair), then you should use a "soft" brush, and to draw a torso - "hard". In order to distinguish the translucent object, for example the wings of flies, it is necessary to adjust the pressure brush (reduce pressure).

Good all the day, my dear friends and readers! How is your mood? I hope everything is OK. And with such a good mood, I would like to continue our lessons on Photoshop. Today I would like to talk about a very important action in adobe program Photoshop, namely, the selection of objects, parts of the image, etc.

And why do we generally allocate objects? For different purposes. For example, you want to cut some separate part of the same image and transfer it to another. Or maybe you want to save a specific part of the image from the whole. Either you just want to work (change, process, apply filters, add brightness, sharpness, or other effects, etc.) with a separate part of the image.

Today I will briefly want to tell you about different methods Allocations in Photoshop, so that you know what kind of cases they are and for what cases are best suited. Go!

Allocation of the region

For example, if you want to take a rectangular or square in circulation, then it's best to take a tool "Rectangular selection". And if you want to allocate something oval or round, then please use the gravity, use "Oval selection".

Lasso

Normal Lasso.

The tool is completely in the power of your hand, i.e. As you keep your hand, so selection and will be drawing. If your hand shakes, then the selection line will be shaking. It is the least useful tool in this group.

Straight Lasso

This type of Lasso is most suitable for allocating objects consisting of smooth lines. It is not necessary that the angles be straight, let it be at least a fence. Everything comes down to the fact that you constantly put the checkpoints, thanks to which your current progress does not bet if you are "okay". As a result, the selection is flat.

But it is not necessary to use it for smooth images. With it, you can extract even people and rounded objects.

Magnetic Lasso.

That's simple great view lasso. It is great for objects with clear contours or for objects that differ in brightness and chromaticity from the background adjacent to it.

The principle of his action is that you just need to put the first point of allocation on the edge of the object allocated, and then you simply lead the mouse along the area you want to allocate. At the same time, nothing needs to be clamped and you can not be afraid for the fact that you will not be done clearly along the contour, even if your hands are trembling.

The tool itself is adjacent to the edge of the object (hence its name). The main thing is just not to depart from this edge too far, otherwise Lasso will be able to begged to another edge. And so the tool is simply awesome.

Fast allocation

Another group to highlight objects, the essence of which is to highlight objects, thanks to a pair of clicks.

Magic wand

Tool "Magic wand" Allows you to select the desired object in 1 click. The main thing is to properly configure the tolerance level. And of course, it is necessary that the edges of the object be clearly separated from the background, well, that is, to contrast with it.

Fast allocation

Tool « Fast allocation» It is a certain similarity of the magic stick, but in contrast to it we do not just highlight some area by pressing the button, and you can say sketching it with a clamping mouse button (the tool is not in vain takes the shape of the brush).

But as in the case of a magnetic lasso and a magic wand, the allocated object should contrast on a general background at least somehow.

Fast mask

Excellent proven itself among photoshoppers. The essence of this tool is that you like painting the desired object or background around this object. After this deactivation of the regime on the edges of the painted area appears dotted line. Allocation itself.

This mode is very convenient to use when working with any image types, even if they are not contrasted with a common background. The main thing is just good to paint in the right places.

Pen

Completes our today's list. The principle of his work is something similar to straight Lasso, only unlike the latter, the line can be corrected and rounded.

Another undoubted advantage is that the use of this tool can be interrupted for a while without prejudice to progress. That is, if you have already started highlighting the object with the pen, then you can easily switch to another tool, but your current allocation is not going anywhere and you can continue it at any time.

Do you see how many objects is the wonderful Adobe Photoshop program possesses? It once again shows how much this graphics editor Powerful and convenient. Each tool is built in different ways, but one is alone. And each person can use a specific tool when working out defined objects or image areas.

And each of these tools, we will consider separately and in detail so that you can choose the most interesting for yourself. Or maybe you already have some kind of favorite tool? Write in the comments which one to your heart closest to you).

Well, in general, detailed lessons for each instrument, and in general, at work with Photoshop, you can see in this is a wonderful video course. The lessons are simply stunning and told by a simple and understandable language for any level of the user. Everything is "worn" and shown on real examples. After watching of this course You will be very well able to deal with Photoshop. Highly recommend.

Well, on today, our lesson-review I finish. I hope that you have become clear which of the ways to allocate images for what is best suited. By the way, do not forget to subscribe to updating my blog, then you definitely do not miss anything interesting and will be aware of the most important points. See you in other articles. Bye Bye!

Sincerely, Dmitry Kostin.

When you allocate something, it is in the dedicated area that you can produce any actions: draw. Change colors, and so on. The complexity of the form of this selection depends on what you want to highlight and, accordingly, which allocation tools you use.

To highlight the entire image, select in the menu Allocate - allocate all , or click on the hotkeys Ctrl +. A.

To cancel the selection, you need to select in the menu Selection - cancel the selection , or press hot keys Ctrl + D. . To return the canceled selection, select in the menu Selection - allocate again .

Selection tools are:

  • manual;
  • semi-automatic;
  • automatic.

Manual selection tools: Lasso. Drawing tools in fast mask, rectangular area, oval area.

Semi-automatic selection tools: Magnetic Lasso.

Automatic selection tools: Magic wand.

Tool Rectangular Oblast

On the toolbar, the second top. In the drop-down list, there is also an oval area tool, a horizontal string, a vertical string.

Using the tools, the horizontal and vertical string you highlight the area of \u200b\u200bone pixel width.

To highlight the rectangular area, select the appropriate tool, and diagonally make a rectangular stretching with a pressed mouse button.

To highlight the rectangular area from the cent, you need to press the key Alt. , and holding it, stretch the selection.

To highlight the square, you need to hold the key Shift. when highlighting.

Similar to the oval area: Hold down the key Alt. You stretch selection from the center, and holding the key Shift. , Make the allocation of the circle.

In the process of creating a selection when you stretch it, you can click space , and holding it, move the selection where it should be. After that, you can let go of the space key, and continue to stretch the selection. It can be very convenient because in the process of using the space key, the selection process is not interrupted.

When you choose the tool Selection You have the settings panel corresponding to this tool.

Parameter Rastuchevka Softens the edges. Open any image in Adobe Photoshop CS5, select Tool Rectangular selection and place the parameter Rastuchevka 50 pixels. Then make a selection, and try to spend from the edge to the edge of the selection with a brush. You will see that the brush will be softened on the edges. If the area is without a decisive, the brush break will be sharp.

In the Options Styles You can set proportions, choose the aspect ratio you need, or specifications. Also on the settings panel there is a button Clarify the land which is used for complex discharge.

You can also switch from a single selection mode to the selection mode. Shift. . Make a rectangular selection on any image, then press the key. Shift. , and holding it. Make one more rectangular selection. You will have two allocations immediately, and if they intersect, they will be summed up, and one general allocation will be obtained.

If you hold the key Alt. The selection will not be summed up, but to deduct, and you can cut off the selection of pieces.

Also, selection areas can be cross each other, and then one common part of the two discharges remains. This regime corresponds hotkeys Shift + Alt. .

Selection can be inverted through the menu Allocation - Inversion . In this case, what was dedicated will cease to be dedicated, and vice versa, something that was not dedicated will be dedicated. That is, everything will change exactly the opposite.

Selection can be moved by pressing the mouse key inside it, and holding the key by moving to a new position. If you, at the same time, hold the key Ctrl The selection will shift together with the image, and the background is exposed under it. And if you hold the keys Ctrl + Alt. The image will also shift along with the selection, but under it the image will be saved.

Video on how to use simple allocation tools

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