How to remove selection in Photoshop. How to easily remove a selection in Photoshop in several ways
Knowing how to properly create and modify selections is an important skill for any Photoshop user. In this tutorial, we'll look at ways to modify selections in Photoshop. Here you can read about the main combinations that will greatly help simplify the process of working with selected areas; we will also look at selection tools, quick mask mode and Selection panel options.
Lesson details:
- Estimated completion time: 23 minutes
- Difficulty level: beginning
- Program: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Final result:
1.Basic combinations:
The following combinations for creating selections are basic:
- Add a new one to the selected area(holding Shift and using the selection tools, you can add new areas to an existing area)
- Subtract from a selection(to do this you need to hold Alt/Option)
- Intersection area(to create an area where two selections intersect, you need to hold down Alt/Option and Shift at the same time)
- Select all(with the combination Ctrl/Cmd + A you can select the entire canvas)
- Deselect(to remove the selected area, press Ctrl / Cmd + D)
- Revert selection(to return the previous selected area, you need to press the combination Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + D)
- Invert selection(by pressing the combination Ctrl / Cmd + Shift + I, you can swap the selected and unselected area)
- Move the selected area can be used using the arrow keys on the keyboard
- Selected area perfect circle or square can be created using the appropriate selection tools by holding Shift)
- To create a selection, starting from the center need to hold Alt/Option
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The saved selections may be useful later. The selected area can be saved in channels. A selection saved in an alpha channel can be loaded at any time.
3.Transforming a selection
This function will allow you to edit only the selected area, but not the content of the layer. This can be very useful when we need to create a distorted selection. To change the selection, you can hold down the Ctrl/Cmd button and drag anchor points, or use the warp functions.
4.Quick Mask mode
This is a very convenient function for making changes to the selected area. To enter the quick mask mode, you need to click on the button in the lower toolbar, or the Q key. You can exit the mode in a similar way. After you enter Quick Mask mode, you will see that the selected area remains unchanged, and the rest of the image is shaded red. You can change the settings by double-clicking on the quick mask icon. To create the desired selections, in this mode you must work with gradients and brushes. Using black as the foreground window color will allow you to remove an area from the selection, using white will help increase the selection.
5. Magic wand, quick selection, adjacent pixels and similar shades
Magic Wand is a classic Photoshop tool. It allows you to create a selection based on the similarity of neighboring pixels. The Quick Selection tool is hidden in the toolbar and is somewhat similar to the Magic Wand. This tool takes the form of brushes, and with a simple stroke you can create the selection you want. The name of the tools: adjacent pixels (grow) and similar shades (similar) speaks for itself.
6. Feathering
This function allows you to soften the edges of a selected area. Depending on the desired softening, you need to select the appropriate size of the softened area.
7. Refine Edge
A very powerful tool for creating a selection. Here you will find a lot of useful settings that will come in handy when creating selected areas with fine details. Here you'll find Smart Radius, Clear Color, offset selection edge option, and more.
8. Shrink/Expand
The function allows you to shrink or expand the selected area by a specified number of pixels.
9. Border
One of the least common highlighting functions. It allows you to create a ring-like frame around your previous selection.
10. Color Range
One of many people's favorite selection tools. It is somewhat similar to a magic wand, but by working with it, you can more precisely control the selected area. The main difference from the magic wand is the ability to immediately see the resulting mask, as well as further adjustment of pixels that did not fall within the set threshold.
Translation – Desk
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And to avoid such problems, I’ll tell you how to remove selection in Photoshop so you don’t have to suffer anymore. Today's article will be short, but at the same time it will make your life easier when using this wonderful text editor.
Full withdrawal
Partial withdrawal
There are times when you need to remove not the entire selection, but only part of it. What then should be done in such cases? Calm! Just calm, as one fat Swedish man said. Photoshop can do that too.
Select (for example) and set the mode "Subtract from Selection".
And then everything is very simple, you must start selecting the area that you want to remove. Well, you understand, we do not create new things, but erase the old ones. And by the way, this method is quite suitable if you have several different discharges.
In general, that's all. I think that now it won’t be difficult for you to do all this so that problems of this kind never arise again. In general, if you want to learn Photoshop from A to Z, I recommend that you watch excellent video course. All the lessons are built simply beautifully and look like a breeze.
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Best regards, Dmitry Kostin.
In the process of learning the art of Photoshop, there is no doubt that a huge number of questions arise. I have already answered some of them in my previous articles, some of which you have yet to find out the answer to. However, after reading this material, I hope that you will have one less task, since I want to talk about how to deselect a selection in Photoshop.
The topic at first glance is quite simple, but at the same time, novice users, and sometimes not only beginners, have various kinds of questions along the way. The fact is that depending on which command is used to select an object, certain nuances appear that must be taken into account in the work. Actually, they will be discussed further.
How to remove selection?
There are many ways to deselect. Below I will try to list, if not all, then at least the most used and popular among the majority of Photoshop users. So here they are:
- A universal way to remove a selection is to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+D;
- Another simple option is to left-click anywhere in the picture. However, there are some nuances here: for example, when using the Quick Selection tool, you need to click inside the selected area, and not outside its outline. By the way, “Quick Selection” is most often used when you need it quickly. In addition, the “New Selection” mode must be turned on;
- The next way to deselect is to right-click inside the selected area, and after the context menu appears, select “Deselect” from it. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in different tools this function is located in different positions in the context menu. For example, it can be either the first in the list or the fifth;
- Another option is to go to the “Selection” section, which is located on the Toolbar and select the appropriate item, namely “Deselect.”
Nuances
Of course, there are some nuances that would be nice to take into account when working. So, for example, if you are working with the “Magic Wand” or tools, and click with the mouse outside the selected area, the selection will not be removed; moreover, a new selected area will be created.
Remember that you need to deselect only when you are completely done working with it, because selecting the same area twice is quite difficult. Here, in general, are all the main points you need to know about selecting objects in any version of Photoshop.
As the user gradually learns Photoshop, the user encounters many difficulties associated with using certain functions of the editor. In this article we will talk about how to remove a selection in Photoshop.
It would seem that what is so difficult about the usual deselection? This step may seem very easy for some, but inexperienced users may encounter a barrier here too.
The thing is that when working with this editor, there are many subtleties that a novice user has no idea about. To avoid this kind of incident, as well as to learn Photoshop more quickly and efficiently, we will analyze all the nuances that arise when removing a selection.
There are many options for how to deselect a selection in Photoshop. Below I will present the most common methods that Photoshop editor users use when removing selections.
1. The simplest and very easy way to deselect is using a keyboard shortcut. You need to simultaneously press CTRL+D;
2. Using the left mouse button also removes the selection.
But here it is worth remembering that if you used the tool "Quick Selection", then you need to click inside the selection area. This can only be done if the function is enabled "New selection";
3. Another way to deselect is very similar to the previous one. Here you will also need a mouse, but you need to click on the right button. After this, in the context menu that appears, click on the line "Deselect".
Note the fact that when working with different tools, the context menu tends to change. Therefore the point "Deselect" may be in different positions.
4. Well, the final method is to go to the section "Selection". This item is located on the Toolbar. After you have entered the selection, simply find the deselect item there and click on it.
Nuances
It is worth not forgetting about some features that will help you when working with Photoshop. For example, when using "Magic Wand" or "Lasso" The selected area will not be removed when clicked with the mouse. In this case, a new selection will appear, which you certainly do not need.
It is important to remember that you can remove a selection when you are completely done working with it.
The thing is that it is very problematic to select one area several times. In general, these are the main nuances that you need to know when working with Photoshop.
The article about channels is intended for beginners working in Photoshop.
The concept of "selection" is fundamental in Photoshop. Whatever you do, the selection always accompanies you, limiting the actions of the tools or the area of pixels for further work.
Perhaps the most labor-intensive part of the work process, the darkest link in the chain of operations, but the result depends on its quality. No matter how bright an idea is, it can always be ruined by poor-quality selection of areas.
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What is allocation?
Selection in Photoshop is almost the main operation on which the result of the work depends. What is allocation?
A selection is an area where tools and commands can be limited.
A selection is a limitation of an area of pixels for further work (for example, copying to a new layer, moving to another file).
The simplest selection tools are presented below:
How to remove selection?
The easiest way is to click on the image (with the selection tool active), but this is incorrect because two pixels may be accidentally selected and your tools will “stop working.”
Correctly deselect using the main menu command Select | Deselect ( Selection | Deselect). Remember the shortcut keys to call the command -
Modifier keys when creating a selection
When using the simplest selection tools - Elliptical Marquee ( Oval area), Rectangular Marquee ( Rectangular area), it is useful to know the modifier keys that affect the shape and location of the selection.
If you activate the Rectangular Marquee tool ( Rectangular area) and press the mouse button and start dragging, the selection is created and changes in shape until the mouse is released.
If, without releasing the mouse button while creating a selection, press the key
If, without releasing the mouse button while creating a selection, press the keys
It should also be noted that while you're making a selection, you can move the selection area by holding down the<Пробел >. (If the selection has already been created, then pressing<Пробел>calls the Hand tool (Hand)
Combining Selection
If a selection has already been created, the modifier key assignments for the operations change.
Using modifier keys makes it possible to combine selection forms in combination with setting proportions and the location of the selection, depending on the time the modifier keys are pressed.
General properties of selection tools
Mode buttons
If you compare the options bars of different selection tools, you will find many similarities. The first four buttons next to the tool icon set different combination modes.
By default, the first New Selection button ( New selection). In this mode, the new selection replaces the old one. The second button turns on the summation mode; the third is subtraction; fourth - intersections. It is recommended to use shortcut keys for calling these modes, rather than pressing buttons. You press a button and then you forget that you pressed it, and the keys are reliable and fast.
Note
Combination selections are possible using all selection tools. This way, you can create a primary selection with one tool and complement it with an area created by another tool.
Feather
In the selection tool options bar there is a Feather field. By default, its value is 0, meaning you create a selection with a clear border, rather than a feathered one. This is right. You can subsequently create a feather using the special main menu command Select | Modify | Feather | Modification | Feather ), specifying the blur radius in the dialog box. Feathering itself is not visible; the result of its application can only be seen after performing various operations on the selected area.
Using feathering gives a smooth transition to transparency of the edges of the image (like feathered brushes - the color gradually fades away).
If during the creation process you specified a shaded selection, then it is impossible to make it clear!
Smoothing
Without anti-aliasing, the edges of the selected area appear stepped when enlarged due to the fact that the image pixels themselves are square. Anti-aliasing, like feathering, adds partially selected pixels along the border of a selection. Only the outer pixels of the selected area are smoothed, which makes its border smoother and neater.
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