Hi Russ,
For instance, how would you select the iris portion of an eye in order to sharpen it? I’ve tried the various Lasso tools, and the Magic Wand, but they are all clumsy compared to the Selection Brush in PSE3.
In PS you use a mask. It is pretty much the same. There are several ways to do it. Quickmask is probably closest to the selection brush.
Go to the help. Then click on the "Index" link, then click on "Q" and you will see a list that includes "Quick Mask mode" and two links for "about" (in Photoshop CS help)
Basically the steps are:
1. Open the image
2. I would double click on the background to turn it into a layer
3. Make a selection. Just anything, small circle with the elliptical
marquee works fine
4. Click the "Quick Mask Mode" button, which is on the toolbox window beneath the foreground/background colors (3rd from the bottom in CS)
5. The image now has a red overlay with the selected area clear.
6. Use the brush tool to paint your selection.
7. To see the selected area, click the "Standard Mode" button on the left of the "Quick Mask Mode" button.
You can use any paint tool to paint your selection. You can also use layer masks or alpha channels, but the quick mask works great for … quick masks<g> The layer and alpha are for more permanent masks that are saved with the image and you can load over and over again.
Hope this helps:)
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Arnor Baldvinsson
San Antonio, Texas
