- Revert the image. To get rid of the quick
selection version of the saw blade selection,
we need to get back to where we started in
this exercise:- If you’re using the ToothlessSaw image.
psd file, choose Select→Load Selection,
select the Bladeless channel again, and
click OK. - If you’re using the file from the preceding
exercise, return to the History panel and
click the state that reads Select Inverse.
Either way, you’ll end up back where you were
when we finished with the magic wand tool.
- If you’re using the ToothlessSaw image.
- Select the lasso tool. Press the L key to return
to the standard lasso tool. Press the Option
(Alt) key so that you’re deselecting (you’ll see
the telltale minus sign), and draw around the
blade area as shown in Figure 3-39 to dese-
lect the blade. - Switch to the polygonal lasso. Press L again
to switch to the polygonal lasso tool. Press
and hold the Shift key to add to the selection,
and click inside the body of the saw and then
at the corners of the blade, following the path
indicated in Figure 3-40. When you get back
to the black area inside the saw, double-click.
Don’t worry about the individual serrated
blade edges; the focus is blurry enough that
trying to grab each tooth of the saw is an
exercise in insanity. Even I wouldn’t try it.
Instead, cheat your line along the edge. - Check the new selection in the quick mask
mode. Press the Q key to quickly return to
the quick mask mode, and then once again
turn off the next to the RGB composite
in the Channels panel to see the black and
white mask.
Figure 3-39.
Figure 3-40.
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