The Quick Selection
Tool is arguably
the best selection tool
Photoshop has to offer. It
works like a paintbrush,
snapping on to objects and
shapes in your photos. It
means you can isolate part
of an image – a sky, a person,
or anything else you can
think of – in seconds.
Once the shape is
selected, you can make allGet to grips with the go-to command for complex selections,
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the tool becomes smarter
as you use it, learning more
about the colors and tones
you’re targeting or excluding
as you paint.
However, it would be
foolish not to make use of
Photoshop’s other selection
tools. Used with the Quick
Selection Tool, features like
Select Subject and Select
And Mask make complex
selection a breeze...kinds of changes. Perhaps
the aim is to make a local
adjustment to colors, or you
want to replace part of the
photo with another image.
The tool isn’t perfect.
It’ll occasionally pick up the
wrong area or snap to the
wrong line in your image –
especially if the area you
want to isolate is against
a backdrop that’s similar in
color or has lots of detail. ButBEFORE