#photoshop tutorial Cutting out images the old fashioned way

Cutting out an image from its background is at times a sheer necessity, but many users of photoshop find this difficult. There is an absolute horror of the Pen Tool, while the Quick Select Tool is not found in all versions of photoshop. Photoshop offers the Lasso Tools as selection tools but they are not good for making accurate selections, or are they not? You can make selections also with the Lasso Tools. See how in this tutorial.This is an image cut out from its background with the Lasso Tools and pasted on a black background.The original is below.I will be using this stock image. You can find it hereIt belongs to faestockStep 1...

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#photoshop tutorial Resizing facial features

Facial features can be enhanced by making them bigger (or smaller) with the help of simple selections in Photoshop no matter which version you may be using. So go ahead making the eyes subtly larger, nose longer and lips fuller. The eyes, lips and nose in this image has been resized with selections. The changes are subtle and not  dramatic The original is below.I will be using this stock image. You  will find it hereIt belongs to Albert-SmirnovStep 1 : I will be using the Lasso Tool. The Magnetic Lasso can also be used or the Polygon Lasso Tool.Step 2 : In the top panel click the relevant icon to make a new selection, add...

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