Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

Make a selection with the QUICK SELECTION TOOL
The Quick Selection tool in Photoshop enables you to
easily select broad areas of an image by simply
painting over them. You can use the Quick Selection
tool to remove a background and isolate the main
subject.
You can brush over different parts of a photo, varying
the brush size as you work, or just click areas for a
more limited selection. Once you have made your first
selection, the tool automatically changes to the Add
to Selection tool, so you can easily add areas without
pressing any additional keys. You can subtract from
the selection by pressing and holding Option (Alt) as
you paint, or using the Subtract from Selection tool in
the Options bar.
This task shows the basic steps for selecting a subject
and putting it on a separate layer. You can also select
the background on a duplicated layer and press
Delete (Backspace) to remove the background from
the image, leaving just the subject on the layer. With
any active selection you can click Layer in the menu
and click Inverse to invert the selection.
For most selections, you will also need to use the
tools in task #23 and/or task #25 to improve or
refine the selection.
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1 Click the Quick Selection tool.
2 Click the Brush Preset drop-down
menu to open the Brush picker.
3 Click and drag the Size slider to adjust
the brush tip size.
A If you have a pen tablet attached, you
can click the Size drop-down menu to
set the brush size with Pen Pressure.
4 Press Ô+spacebar (Ctrl+spacebar) and
click to zoom in, or click and drag in
the image to dynamically zoom in.
Note: Although on a Mac the Spotlight
feature momentarily opens with the
same keystrokes, using Ô+spacebar in
Photoshop still zooms in.
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5 Click and drag inside the part of the
image you want to select.
6 Click and drag in another area to be
selected.
B The tool changes to the Add to
Selection option.
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