Tag Archives: selection

Feathering

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Geoff Shaw

Feather. This does not refer to plumage of birds, but the fuzziness in a selection or mask or brush. If you will forgive the visual pun, the image right illustrates on the left panel a hard selection (low feathering) with … Continue reading →

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Blend If

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Geoff Shaw

Blend if is a powerful tool in the layer properties in Photoshop (other software may have similar functionality – explore your documentation). Open the layer properties and you find an Advanced Blending block and Blend If block in the central … Continue reading →

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Basic Edits – Selections

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Geoff Shaw

Selections are used to define areas to be selectively adjusted, to cut and paste parts of images, and to limit where edits are applied. Continue reading →

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How to select hair

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Geoff Shaw

A common need is to select and mask fine detail like hair from a background. This post gives some suggestions and links to resources. Continue reading →

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Selection Tools

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Geoff Shaw

Being able to select parts of an image allows you freedom to selectively adjust just those areas, to replace or move parts and to ,ake composite images combining bits from multiple images. Continue reading →

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