Today we covered masks and selection tools, finishing the basics of Photoshop. Same thing as last time, we went into the software, given various images and files and were taught live how to solve issues and use the various tools.
How the mask tool works:
The mask tool is activated by clicking the rectangle with a hole in it within the layers tab. You can then use the brush tool and draw in bits of the images you'd like covered and effectively erased but, not gone and the same goes for brushing in what is not masked. All by using the brush tool and two colours black and white; black masks the image and white uncovers it.
The selection tools work in various ways, the magic wand tool selects freely, the quick selection tool selects what you drag the tool over and acts like a brush in the way you can make it bigger or smaller for higher precision. The other brushes all act differently but are more or less the same, some are shaped and others are just lines until you create and close a shape.
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