Don’t worry if you don’t grab all of it or if you select too much.ĥ: Using the Brush Tool (B) we will adjust our selection area with the add and subtract selection options from the top bar.

Select the Quick Selection Tool (W), and begin selecting as much of the orange as possible. This is where you will make your selection and refine to your liking.Ĥ: We will choose to view On Black (A) with opacity set at 50%. The goal is to extract the white background in order to place the image on a colored background.Ģ: While on your Lasso Tool (L), choose Select and Mask in the options bar at the top.ģ: Once you choose Select and Mask you will get this box of goodies giving you multiple options to view your selection and mask areas. Here’s a closer look at how the Select and Mask taskspace works:ġ: We will begin with this tasty orange slice.

While it still takes time for perfection, it sure makes life a little easier and is more efficient for designers. AND… you can go back in and refine and edit the mask as needed. I have to say, I’m loving the new Select and Mask taskspace in Photoshop CC2017! It makes creating selections and masks much easier and allows for a more natural and realistic look than the traditional hard edge clipping path. So, here at RCP, we recently upgraded to Adobe Creative Cloud 2017.

Adobe photoshop 2017 select