When working with images in the graphics editor Adobe Photoshop, it is impossible to do without selecting the entire image or its individual fragments. To implement this operation, the program has a whole set of tools, divided into several groups. Using them is not particularly difficult, but requires some practice.
Necessary
Graphic editor Adobe Photoshop
Instructions
Step 1
If in any layer you want to select the entire image for the height and width of the document, then first click on the line of this layer in the layers panel. The panel display can be turned off - press F7 or select Layers from the Window menu to display this element in the Photoshop interface. Having selected the required line, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + A or the "All" item in the "Selection" section of the menu. An animated dashed frame appears around the edges of the image, showing the boundaries of the selection. If you then go to another line in the Layers panel, the contents of the other layer will be selected.
Step 2
The first step describes the only way that does not require you to select anything from the toolbar. And to select, for example, a rectangular fragment of an image, you must first click the second icon on this panel - "Rectangular area" - or press the key with the letter M. Then use the mouse pointer to set the desired rectangular area on the image.
Step 3
The mouse is also used to indicate an oval or perfectly circular selection in the image. To switch the tool from rectangular to oval format, left-click its icon on the toolbar and hold it until a menu of four lines appears. Select the Oval Margin Tool, and then proceed as in the previous step.
Step 4
To select a fragment of an image of any shape, use the Lasso tool - this is the next (third) icon on the panel. Instead of clicking on it, you can press the L key. Draw the desired closed selection area with the mouse pointer. This tool has two variations, one of which, the "Straight Lasso", allows you to select complex polygons, and the other, the "Magnetic Lasso", is very useful for selecting similarly colored areas of an image. You can select one of these options in the same way as in the previous step - when you press and hold the left button on the tool icon, a menu with a list appears.
Step 5
The tools of the fourth button - "Magic Wand" and "Quick Selection" - are designed to work with fragments of an image that have the same color and color saturation. In action they are similar to the "magnetic lasso", but when using these tools, you only need to specify one reference point by clicking on it with the mouse pointer. After that Photoshop, at its discretion, will select the entire area of points similar to the sample. Use the W key to turn this tool on.
