Photoshop Elements 5 : Photoshop Elements 5 Using Layers
Slide 2 : Choose Magic Selection Brush Tool
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Slide 4 : Dark grey areas are selected.
Slide 5 : Selected areas deleted, with red background showing through.
Slide 6 : Undo delete, to restore picture.
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Slide 8 : From Layer menu, choose duplicate layer
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Slide 10 : Select Background copy layer and delete selection. Notice Background copy has empty area but it does not show because background is still in place.
Slide 11 : Change foreground colour to blue.
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Slide 13 : Use Fill tool to change selected area to blue.
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Slide 15 : Adjust the opacity.
Slide 16 : Now choose how the layers interact.
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Slide 22 : Click on the eye to hide Background copy
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Slide 24 : Click on the eye to hide Background
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Slide 26 : Deselect to remove the selection,
Slide 27 : Add new layer.
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Slide 30 : Change foreground colour to orange.
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Slide 32 : Use fill tool to add orange to layer 1
Slide 33 : Adjust opacity.
Slide 34 : Choose how the layers interact.
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Selection Tools : Selection Tools The Magic Selection Brush tool
selects portions of your photos when you just scribble or place dots on an object. There’s no need to draw a precise selection border.
The Magic Wand tool
selects pixels of similar colour with one click. You specify the colour range, or tolerance, for the Magic Wand tool’s selection. Use the Magic Wand tool when you have an area of similar colours, like a blue sky.
Other Selection Tools : Other Selection Tools The Rectangular Marquee tool The Elliptical Marquee tool The Lasso tool The Polygonal Lasso tool The Magnetic Lasso tool The Selection Brush tool