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Very many Photoshop book authors seem to agree that the Pen tool is the best for making complex selection. What I don’t understand is why the pen tool is superior to, for example, using lasso to make a rough selection and touching that up in quick mask mode with a fine brush. This allows me to do partial transparency around the edges, for a fading selection, with fading at each point selected by the softness of the brush I use. It seems to be a relatively fast way of selecting.
However, the pros, unanimously, it seems, say, "Use the pen tool to make fine selections."
Problems I see with the pen tool:
1) It takes a long time to select non-trivial shapes, especially with many curves.
2) It is a vector selection, so there is no feathering on the edges. Everything is either 100% selected or 0% selected.
3) The scalability of the vector shape formed is irrelevant, since the image on which the selection is made is of one size.
Someone, please clue me in 🙂
Mike
However, the pros, unanimously, it seems, say, "Use the pen tool to make fine selections."
Problems I see with the pen tool:
1) It takes a long time to select non-trivial shapes, especially with many curves.
2) It is a vector selection, so there is no feathering on the edges. Everything is either 100% selected or 0% selected.
3) The scalability of the vector shape formed is irrelevant, since the image on which the selection is made is of one size.
Someone, please clue me in 🙂
Mike
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