Photoshop

selection tool

selection tools in Photoshop include:

rectangular marquee tool

elliptical marquee tool

single row marquee tool

single column marquee tool

quick selection tool

magic wand tool

lasso tool

freeform lasso tool

magnetic lasso tool

  magic wand tool:

To use the magic wand tool, I clicked on the icon with the arrow pointing to it on the left on the image below. In order to include more colour range within the image the selection you can increase the tolerances which is shown by the arrow pointing upwards on the image below.

Refine edge tool


This tool allows you to smooth out the edges of your selection. By selecting the view button you can change the background of your selection, you are then able to see the edges of your selection easier.

spot healing tool

Original image. As you can see the person in this image suffers from bad spots so by using the spot healing tool and the the Blur tool you can smooth the skin.

the final image shows how I used this tool.

layer masks

Apply the layer mask by dragging and dropping into the square with the circle in, then by painting black onto the layer you will be able to see through to the layer underneath. By adding white you will bring the original layer back. By adding shades of grey it will let you see lightly to the layer below.

creating steam

original image:

final image:

 To achieve this I clicked on filter, clouds, apply, then motion blur. I then changed the opacity to suit the image.