Accurate Layer Selections Using Photoshop's Selection Tools: Use Photoshop and Illustrator to Refine Your Artwork

by Jennifer Harder

Overview

Take your hand-drawn illustrations to the next level by using various selection tools in Photoshop to clean up the artwork, and Illustrator for final refinement. Also, learn to save your artwork as vector images to be used for web, print, or even stills for character animation.

Author Jennifer Harder begins by showing you how to use basic tools in Photoshop to clean up your artwork, followed by Marquee tools and more. Next, you will see how to use more advanced tools such as Lasso, Magic Wand, the Object Selection tool, and so on. You’ll then get a demonstration of how to control the type of selection using the selection main menu, how to copy selections to another layer, and how to use the focus area. This is followed by a chapter that covers paths, channels, and layer masks that you will master to clean up your artwork.

To round things out, you will learn how to use Illustrator’s different features to further enhance your work. On completing the book, you will have mastered how to make your artwork and illustrations portfolio-ready.

What You Will Learn

• Master each selection tool found in Photoshop
• Choose the right tools for cleaning and refining artwork
• Save selections for other projects
• Make your artwork scalable in Illustrator using various methods

Who Is This Book For

Readers with little-to-intermediate-level experience with Photoshop.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484274927
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/19/2021
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	938
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jennifer Harder has worked in the graphic design industry for over 10 years. She has a degree in Graphic Communications and is currently teaching Acrobat, InDesign, and Dreamweaver courses at Langara College. As a freelancer, Jennifer frequently works with Adobe PDFs to help enhance websites. She enjoys talking about Adobe Software and her interests include writing, illustration, and working on her websites.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Working in Photoshop with Scans and Creating Beginner Selections
Chapter 1: Introduction and Pre-Photoshop Tools
Sub –Topics:
• Scanner basics
• Pre-Photoshop tools for drawing the sketch and importing
• Saving scanned files

Chapter 2: Basic Tools to Know in Photoshop
Sub –Topics
• Basic tools to know in Photoshop
• Filters
• Saving files

Chapter 3: Basic Marquee Tools
Sub –Topics
• Basic Marquee tools
• Making rectangular and elliptical selections
• Single column marquee

Chapter 4: Using Crop Tools to Make Selections
Sub –Topics:
• Using crop tools (crop and perspective) to make selections

Part 2: Working in Photoshop, Creating Intermediate Selections
Chapter 5: Lasso Selection Tools
Sub – Topics:
• Lasso selection tools for more complex shape selections

Chapter 6: Selections Magic Wand, Quick Mask Mode, & Type MaskSub – Topics:
• Selections that need a Magic Wand expanding and contracting
• Quick Mask Mode with a brush
• Type mask selections

Chapter 7: Quick Selection and Object Selection Tools
Sub - Topics
• Quick selection tool
• Object selection tool

Chapter 8: Using Select Color Range and Sky
Sub – Topics:
• Using Select Color Range and Sky to select difficult subjects

Chapter 9: Working with Focus Area & Select and Mask Properties
Sub – Topics:
• Focus area dialog box
• Select and mask properties for multiple selection tools dialog box

Part 3: Working in Photoshop, Creating Advanced Selections
Chapter 10: Shape Tool, Pen Tool, and Creating Paths
Sub - Topics:
• Shape tools
• Pen tools
• Creating paths and saving them

Chapter 11: Channel Selections from Paths
Sub - Topics:
• Channel selections from paths
• Saving selections and loading them

Chapter 12: Save a Selection as a Layer Mask
Sub - Topics:
• Save a selection as a layer mask
• Refining masks on layers and adjustment layers

Part 4: Working in Illustrator, Refining Your Artwork
Chapter 13: Placing Your Artwork into Illustrator
Sub - Topics:
• Placing and linking your artwork into Illustrator on the correct layers
• Scaling artwork

Chapter 14: Image Trace
Sub - Topics:
• Image tracing panel options

Chapter 15: Working with the Pen Tools
Sub - Topics:
• Working with the Pen tools
• Using blend Modes & Layers

Chapter 16: Illustrator Tools
Sub - Topics:
• Working with Illustrator tools
o Paint brush
o Blob brush
o Eraser tool
o Scissor tool & Knife tool
o Shaper, Pencil, Path Eraser, Join tools
o Live Paint Bucket and Live Selection tools & Shape builder

Chapter 17: Adjust Colors and Saving Artwork
Sub - Topics:
• Adjust colors and saving artwork

Chapter 18: Conclusion
Sub - Topics:
• Looking at other Adobe programs such as Adobe Animate