Rectangular Marquee Tool
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By selecting the Rectangular Marquee Tool, I used a corner of each block as my starting point for my selection, and dragged my cursor from the top corner to the bottom. After making a clean rectangular selection around the blocks, I clicked "Image" then "Adjustments" and finally "Hue/Saturation". From there used my cursor to drag one of the sliders on the menu to change the color of the blocks.
The Rectangular Marquee Tool does well to make clean and easy selections around geometric shapes. It makes a straight and smooth edge selection. The only disadvantages I see with this tool is that it restricts selections to only horizontal or vertical lines and shapes. This tool cannot make selections for curved shapes. For the Bride and Groom image, I used the elliptical marquee tool to draw an oval-like shaped selection around the couple, starting from the top left side of the bride and ending at the bottom right side of the groom. I created a new layer, and then I then re-positioned the selection so that the selection is closely surrounding the couple. I feathered the selection by clicking "Modify" then "Feather" and adjusting the Feather Radius to 30. Still on the new layer, I press delete and I get the vignette appearance. For the moon image, I used the tool and selected the moon starting from the center of it, pressing down on the Ctrl+Alt keys. After making my selection, I dragged the moon using the move tool and moved it to my new night cityscape image. The Elliptical Marquee Tool did well to make clean circular selections and creating an elegant vignette effect. It creates circles with a clean edge. The tool, however, would not serve useful for rectangular selections. With the Magic Wand Tool, I set the Tolerance at 32 as well as checking the "Sample All Layers" box. Then I selected the sky, making sure that the whole sky was selected and the edges as clean as I can get them. After selecting the sky, I clicked "Inverse" in the Select menu, then pressed Ctrl+C to copy the selection and make a new layer. With the new image of a sky I found, I pressed Ctrl+V to paste it in. The Magic Wand Tool was useful for quickly and easily selecting a large portion of an image. However, this tool does not always select the entire portion of the image that I want, and the edges at some parts were not as clean as I wanted them to be. The magic wand tool wouldn't work for small detailed selections. With the Quick Selection Tool, I selected the object by dragging my cursor around the object, being careful not to select any of the background. After selecting the image I want, I went to the "Select" drop-down menu and clicked Inverse. Then I went down to the bottom of the layers panel and clicked "Create new Adjustment Layer" then clicked "Hue/ Saturation". With the Hue/Saturation menu pulled up, I then dragged my cursor on one of the sliders and moved it to left. I completed the effect by checking the "Colorize" box at the bottom of the menu. This tool was proved useful in making clean and easy selections. This tool can select most objects or elements in an image, since it is not restricted to certain shapes or lines. It selects areas similar in value. However, the selections can come out a little chunky, and may not be useful for making precise or close edge selections. Clicking the Lasso Tool just under the Marquee Tool, I started my selection from the far left, the top of Subject 1's arm or sleeve. I followed my line down the subject's arm and worked my way to the right to the other subject's arm. I made a few errors while making the selection, so I pressed the Alt key to subtract some of the selection and the Shift key to add on more when needed. After completing my selection, I copied (Ctrl+C) and pasted (Ctrl+V) it onto a new background I found. The Lasso Tool was advantageous in which it did not make the selection with chunky or jagged edges, and it gave me more freedom in drawing the selection. However, it was a little un-precise and time-consuming. It requires a bit more patience. Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool, located on the same menu as the Lasso Tool, I selected the billboard by clicking on one corner of the billboard, specifically the top left corner, and moving my cursor around the billboard. As I made my outline around the billboard, I made sure to click each corner, in order to achieve a clean selection. After creating the selection, I found a new image, copied it (Right Click+Copy) then pasting it (Edit+Paste Special+ Paste Into) into the billboard. I transformed the image slightly so that it matched the angle of the building. For the school building image, I used the tool to geometrically outline the school, clicking on points and corners of the building to maintain a sharp edge selection. After making a close selection of the school, I clicked on the Layer Mask option at the bottom of the Layer Mask panel, then pasted a new sky to the background of the school. This tool helped to make diagonal line selections, proving to be useful for angular objects or elements in an image. It also makes very clean lines and angles. However, the tool would not be useful when selecting objects that are curved or have curved lines. Starting from the bottom of the statue, I used the Magnetic Lasso Tool to outline the edges, working my way around until I met my starting point. I made a few errors in the process, so I pressed the Delete key anytime I needed to eliminate part of my selection. Once I made my way all around the sculpture, I closed the selection. I then clicked on the Move Tool and dragged my selection of my sculpture to a new background which I uploaded to photoshop. This tool did well to select and detect the edge of the object, better than that of the Lasso Tool However, this tool is not always accurate, and it lacks some control. With the Pen Tool, I started my selection at the back dorsal fin of the dolphin. I made anchor points as I went along, and to get the lines to curve around the curved edges of the dolphins, I clicked at one of the endpoints of a line, and moved my cursor up or down to achieve the curve. I also pressed down the Ctrl Key and dragged my cursor to help re-position my line. As I added anchor points, I used my cursor to rotate the handles on those anchor points, which also helped me make my selection. Once I completed my selection, I switched from the Layers Panel to the Paths, and I clicked "load path as selection" option located at the bottom of the panel. Once made a selection, I clicked on the Move Tool and dragged my selection of the dolphins to a new background I found and uploaded to photoshop. This tool was useful for making curved- line selections. This tool is also good for those who want a very precise curved-line selection in comparison to the Magnetic Lasso Tool. However, this tool is hard or difficult to use for a beginner like myself and beginners in general, and the process is a little time- consuming. |