HAVE YOU EVER WANTED

TO CUT OUT OR
HIGHLIGHT PART OF A
PHOTO? HOW WOULD YOU
DO IT?
GOAL FOR TODAY
•REVIEW CROP AND SELECTION
PROCESS
• MANIPULATE AN IMAGE USING
CROP AND SELECTION TOOLS
•EVALUATE THE FINAL OUTPUT
IMAGE
WHAT IS CROPPING?
• THE CROP TOOL REMOVES THE PART
OF AN IMAGE SURROUNDING THE
SELECTION.
WHAT IS SELECTION?
• A SELECTION IS AN AREA OF A PHOTO
THAT YOU DEFINE. WHEN YOU CREATE
A SELECTION, THE AREA IS EDITABLE
(FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN LIGHTEN
ONE PART OF A PHOTO WITHOUT
AFFECTING THE REST).
WHEN IS SELECTION
NEEDED?
• YOU MAY WANT
TO WORK WITH
JUST A PORTION
OF THAT IMAGE.
WHEN IS SELECTION
NEEDED?

• YOU WANT TO
COMBINE PART
OF ONE IMAGE
WITH ANOTHER.
MAKING A SELECTION
• SELECTION MEANS THAT YOU
SPECIFY WHICH PART OF THE
IMAGE YOU WANT TO WORK
WITH. EVERYTHING WITHIN A
SELECTION IS CONSIDERED
SELECTED. EVERYTHING
OUTSIDE THE SELECTION IS
UNSELECTED.
 SELECTIONS MAKE
LAYERS MORE USEFUL
• WITH THE COMBINED USE OF
SELECTION TOOLS AND LAYERS MAKE
YOU SAVE YOUR ORIGINAL PHOTO.

• WITH LAYERS, YOU CAN WORK ON A

COPY OF THE IMAGE WHILE LEAVING
THE ORIGINAL UNHARMED, AND
BECAUSE OF SELECTIONS, YOU CAN
EVEN COPY DIFFERENT PARTS OF AN
IMAGE TO THEIR OWN LAYERS SO WE
CAN WORK ON THEM INDEPENDENTLY
REMEMBER
• WHEN YOU MAKE A SELECTION, A
MOVING DOTTED OUTLINE CALLED A
SELECTION BORDER (ALSO CALLED A
SELECTION OUTLINE OR SELECTION
MARQUEE) APPEARS AROUND THE
SELECTED AREA.

• AFTER YOU HAVE MADE A

SELECTION, ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR
EDITS YOU APPLY AFFECT ONLY THAT
PORTION.
 DRAWING RECTANGULAR
SELECTIONS -
MARQUEE TOOL - M
• CLICK WITH YOUR MOUSE AT THE POINT
WHERE YOU WANT TO BEGIN THE SELECTION,
WHICH WILL USUALLY BE IN THE TOP LEFT
CORNER OF THE OBJECT OR AREA YOU
NEED TO SELECT, THEN CONTINUE HOLDING
YOUR MOUSE BUTTON DOWN AS YOU DRAG
TOWARDS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF
THE OBJECT OR AREA. WHEN YOU RELEASE
YOUR MOUSE BUTTON, THE SELECTION IS
COMPLETE!
 REMEMBER
• IF YOUR SELECTION ISN’T QUITE CENTERED
AROUND YOUR ELEMENT, MOVE THE
SELECTION BORDER BY CLICKING AND
DRAGGING INSIDE THE BORDER.

• IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A PERFECT

SQUARE OR CIRCLE, HOLD DOWN THE
SHIFT KEY AFTER YOU BEGIN DRAGGING
YOUR MOUSE. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR
DESIRED SELECTION, RELEASE THE MOUSE
BUTTON FIRST AND THEN RELEASE THE SHIFT
KEY.
QUICKLY REMOVE A SELECTION
• WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH A SELECTION AND NO LONGER NEED
IT, YOU CAN DESELECT IT BY GOING UP TO THE SELECT MENU AT
THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND CHOOSING DESELECT.

• YOU CAN USE THE KEYBOARD SHORTCUT CTRL+D (WIN) /

COMMAND+D (MAC). OR, FOR AN EVEN FASTER WAY TO
DESELECT A RECTANGULAR OR SQUARE SELECTION, SIMPLY CLICK
ANYWHERE INSIDE THE DOCUMENT WINDOW WHILE YOU STILL
HAVE THE RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL ACTIVE.
SELECTING AN ELLIPTICAL
AREA –
ELLIPTICAL MARQUEE
TOOL - M
• BY DEFAULT, THE ELLIPTICAL MARQUEE
TOOL IS HIDING BEHIND THE
RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL IN THE
TOOLS PANEL. TO ACCESS IT, SIMPLY
CLICK ON THE RECTANGULAR
MARQUEE TOOL, THEN HOLD YOUR
MOUSE BUTTON DOWN FOR A SECOND
OR TWO UNTIL A FLY-OUT MENU
APPEARS SHOWING YOU THE OTHER
TOOLS THAT ARE NESTED BEHIND IT.
CLICK ON THE ELLIPTICAL MARQUEE
TOOL IN THE FLY-OUT MENU TO SELECT
IT.
USING THE MARQUEE OPTIONS
FEATHER

• FEATHER: FEATHERING
SOFTENS, OR
FEATHERS, THE EDGES
OF A SELECTION. THE
AMOUNT OF
SOFTENING DEPENDS
ON THE VALUE — THE
HIGHER THE VALUE,
THE SOFTER THE EDGE,
FEATHER
• EXTENDS. SMALL
AMOUNTS OF FEATHERING
CAN BE USED TO CREATE
NATURAL TRANSITIONS
BETWEEN SELECTED
ELEMENTS IN A COLLAGE.

• LARGER AMOUNTS ARE

USED TO CREATE A
SPECIAL EFFECT WHERE
ONE IMAGE GRADUALLY
FADES INTO ANOTHER.
ANTI-ALIAS
• ANTI-ALIASING JUST
SLIGHTLY SOFTENS
THE EDGE OF AN
ELLIPTICAL OR
IRREGULARLY
SHAPED SELECTION
SO THAT VERY HARD,
JAGGED EDGES
AREN’T QUITE SO
PROMINENT
MODE
• NORMAL: THIS OPTION ENABLES YOU TO FREELY DRAG A SELECTION
TO ANY DIMENSION.
• FIXED ASPECT RATIO: THIS SETTING ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY A FIXED
RATIO OF WIDTH TO HEIGHT IN A SELECTION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU
ENTER 2 FOR WIDTH AND 1 FOR HEIGHT, YOU ALWAYS GET A
MARQUEE SELECTION THAT’S TWICE AS WIDE AS IT IS HIGH, NO
MATTER WHAT THE SIZE.
• FIXED SIZE: THIS SETTING LETS YOU SPECIFY VALUES FOR THE WIDTH
AND HEIGHT. THIS OPTION COMES IN HANDY WHEN YOU NEED TO
MAKE MULTIPLE SELECTIONS THAT MUST BE THE SAME EXACT SIZE, SUCH
AS IN A SCHOOL YEARBOOK. NOTE THAT THE MARQUEE IS
IMMEDIATELY DRAWN WHEN YOU CLICK YOUR CANVAS. THE CLICK
POINT IS THE TOP-LEFT CORNER OF THE MARQUEE
WIDTH AND HEIGHT
• WHEN YOU SELECT FIXED ASPECT RATIO
OR FIXED SIZE FROM THE DROP-DOWN
LIST, YOU ALSO ENTER VALUES IN THE
WIDTH AND HEIGHT TEXT BOXES. TO
SWAP THE WIDTH AND HEIGHT VALUES,
CLICK THE DOUBLE HEADED ARROW
BUTTON.
FREEFORM SELECTING
WITH THE
LASSO TOOLS - L

• LASSO TOOLS ENABLES YOU TO

MAKE ANY FREEFORM
SELECTION YOUR HEART
DESIRES.
• LASSO TOOL
• POLYGONAL
• MAGNETIC
LASSO AND POLYGONAL OPTIONS BAR
• FEATHER
• ANTI-ALIAS
• REFINE EDGE
• SMOOTH
• FEATHER
• CONTRACT/EXPAND
• STANDARD OR OVERLAY
• ZOOM
• HAND
REFINE EDGE OPTIONS
• SMOOTH - SMOOTHES OUT THE JAGGEDNESS ALONG
THE SELECTION EDGE.

• FEATHER - SOFTENS THE EDGES OF A SELECTION. MOVE

THE SLIDER TO INCREASINGLY CREATE A SOFTER, MORE
BLURRED EDGE.

• CONTRACT/EXPAND: DECREASES OR INCREASES YOUR

SELECTED AREA.
REFINE EDGE OPTIONS
• STANDARD OR OVERLAY MODE: ENABLES YOU TO
PREVIEW YOUR SELECTION IN ONE OF TWO MODES.
• CLICK THE CUSTOM OVERLAY COLOR ICON TO
PREVIEW YOUR SELECTION WITH YOUR EDGES HIDDEN
AND A SEMI-OPAQUE LAYER OF COLOR (THAT SHOWS
ONSCREEN ONLY) IN YOUR UNSELECTED AREA.
DOUBLE-CLICK THE ICON TO CHANGE THE COLOR AND
OPACITY OF THE OVERLAY. PRESS F TO CYCLE BETWEEN
STANDARD AND OVERLAY VIEWS. PRESS X TO HIDE
YOUR SELECTION EDGES.
REFINE EDGE OPTIONS
• ZOOM TOOL: ENABLES YOU TO ZOOM INTO
YOUR IMAGE TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF YOUR
SETTINGS.
• HAND TOOL: LETS YOU PAN AROUND YOUR
DOCUMENT WINDOW TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF
YOUR SETTINGS ON VARIOUS PORTIONS OF
YOUR IMAGE.
 FREEFORM SELECTING WITH THE
LASSO TOOLS
• TO BEGIN SELECTION, GRAB THE LASSO TOOL FROM THE TOOLS
PANEL.
• POSITION THE CURSOR ANYWHERE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE
ELEMENT YOU WANT TO SELECT.
• HOLD DOWN THE MOUSE BUTTON AND TRACE AROUND THE
ELEMENT, TRYING TO INCLUDE ONLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SELECT.
• CONTINUE TRACING UNTIL YOU RETURN TO YOUR STARTING
POINT; RELEASE THE MOUSE BUTTON.
REMEMBER
• TO INSPECT THE SELECTION OUTLINE FOR ANY
PROBLEM AREAS, IT USUALLY HELPS TO BE
ZOOMED IN ON THE IMAGE. TO ZOOM IN,
PRESS AND HOLD CTRL+SPACEBAR (WIN) /
COMMAND+SPACEBAR (MAC) TO
TEMPORARILY SWITCH TO PHOTOSHOP'S ZOOM
TOOL, THEN CLICK INSIDE THE DOCUMENT
WINDOW ONCE OR TWICE TO ZOOM IN (TO
ZOOM BACK OUT LATER, PRESS AND HOLD
ALT+SPACEBAR (WIN) / OPTION-SPACEBAR
(MAC) AND CLICK INSIDE THE DOCUMENT
WINDOW). ONCE YOU'VE ZOOMED IN, HOLD
DOWN YOUR SPACEBAR BY ITSELF TO
TEMPORARILY SWITCH TO THE HAND TOOL,
THEN CLICK AND DRAG THE IMAGE ALONG
THE SELECTION OUTLINE TO LOOK FOR
PROBLEMS.
ADDING TO THE INITIAL
SELECTION
• LASSO TOOL SELECTED, THEN TO ADD TO A SELECTION, HOLD
DOWN YOUR SHIFT KEY. YOU'LL SEE A SMALL PLUS SIGN (+)
APPEAR IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE CURSOR ICON, LETTING
YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOW IN ADD TO SELECTION MODE.
WITH THE SHIFT KEYA HELD DOWN, CLICK SOMEWHERE INSIDE
OF THE EXISTING SELECTION, THEN DRAG OUTSIDE OF IT AND
ALONG THE EDGE OF THE AREA YOU WANT TO ADD. WHEN
YOU'RE DONE ADDING THE NEW AREA, DRAG BACK INSIDE OF
THE EXISTING SELECTION.
 ADDING TO THE INITIAL
SELECTION
• LASSO TOOL SELECTED, THEN TO ADD TO A SELECTION, HOLD
DOWN YOUR SHIFT KEY. YOU'LL SEE A SMALL PLUS SIGN (+)
APPEAR IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE CURSOR ICON, LETTING
YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOW IN ADD TO SELECTION MODE.
WITH THE SHIFT KEY HELD DOWN, CLICK SOMEWHERE INSIDE
OF THE EXISTING SELECTION, THEN DRAG OUTSIDE OF IT AND
ALONG THE EDGE OF THE AREA YOU WANT TO ADD. WHEN
YOU'RE DONE ADDING THE NEW AREA, DRAG BACK INSIDE
OF THE EXISTING SELECTION.
 SUBTRACTING FROM THE INITIAL
SELECTION
• TO REMOVE AN UNWANTED AREA FROM A SELECTION, HOLD
DOWN YOUR ALT (WIN) / OPTION (MAC) KEY. THIS WILL
PLACE YOU IN SUBTRACT FROM SELECTION MODE, AND
YOU'LL SEE A SMALL MINUS SIGN (-) APPEAR IN THE BOTTOM
RIGHT CORNER OF THE CURSOR ICON. WITH THE ALT /
OPTION KEY HELD DOWN, SIMPLY CLICK ANYWHERE OUTSIDE
OF THE EXISTING SELECTION TO SET A STARTING POINT, THEN
DRAG INSIDE THE SELECTION AND ALONG THE EDGE OF THE
AREA YOU WANT TO REMOVE.
SUBTRACTING FROM THE INITIAL
SELECTION
• TO REMOVE AN UNWANTED AREA FROM A SELECTION,
HOLD DOWN YOUR ALT (WIN) / OPTION (MAC) KEY.
THIS WILL PLACE YOU IN SUBTRACT FROM SELECTION
MODE, AND YOU'LL SEE A SMALL MINUS SIGN (-)
APPEAR IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE CURSOR
ICON. WITH THE ALT / OPTION KEY HELD DOWN, SIMPLY
CLICK ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING SELECTION
TO SET A STARTING POINT, THEN DRAG INSIDE THE
SELECTION AND ALONG THE EDGE OF THE AREA YOU
WANT TO REMOVE.
ASSIGNMENT FOR PERFORMANCE
OUTPUT:

• CHOOSE YOUR OWN PICTURE/S FOR YOUR

OUTPUT.
• CHOOSE AN IMAGE OF YOUR DREAM VACATION
/ PLACE.

• SAVE BOTH IMAGES TO A FLASHDRIVE

ASSIGNMENT FOR PERFORMANCE
OUTPUT:

• CHOOSE YOUR PICTURES AS YOUR SUBJECTS FOR YOUR OUTPUT.

• ONE AS BACKGROUND OR LANDING PICTURE, AND ANOTHER PICTURE TO BE
PLACED IN THE LANDING PICTURE.
• PASTE ALL PICTURES IN POWERPOINT AND SAVE AS JPEG OR PDF.
• POWERPOINT SLIDES MUST CONTAIN BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.
• FILENAME FORMAT: LASTNAMEFIRSTNAMESELECTIONS
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER