Photoshop Quick Selection Tool

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Uploaded by on Jun 21, 2008

Quick tutorial demonstrating how to use the quick selection tool to extract something from an image and move it to a new layer.

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  • i wish there were some sort of SENSITIVITY (or tolerance) feature to the quick selection tool. as you demonstrated here, this tool often makes you go back and forth between adding and subtracting selected areas, because it always applies the same algorithm to select neighboring pixels. Just as the magic wand's tolerance value.

  • @laurapodkapova - Yes, I understand what you mean. Though I have noticed that the selection tool's sensitivity seems to get better the more you zoom into the picture. Granted, it's not a great solution, but it seems to help in some situations. :)

  • @atulya12345 - From the Adobe website, they say that if the quick selection tool is not shown, hold down (click on) the magic wand tool until you see the quick selection tool. Hope that helps! :)

  • Thank you all for the nice comments! I'm glad this tut was helpful! :)

  • hey dude this is the video i was searching FOR...man,,,,,u don't know how bigly u helped me....thank you so much ! keep making this type of helpful videos.

    *RESPECT*

  • Thanks! I'm glad it helped you!

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  • Quick and dirty

  • Thx for this quick tutorial. Just needed a reminder. Note, you can use shortcut keys to not have to go back and forth from tools to canvas. For those using CS5, the selection tool is automatically on the +. To subtract selection, press ALT and hold down, and you'll notice a "-" sign on the tool. When you let go of ALT, it goes back to +. Also, press "h" for the hand tool to scroll through zoomed image. Then press "w" for selection tool.

  • anyone help me please? my quick selection tool isn't working :( but my magic wand is working..

  • Great! Thanks for this, very helpful.

  • Quick selection tool in photoshop missing!?

    im using photoshop cs5 in win 7 bt the quick selection tool is missing i tried to right click on the magic wand tool bt nothing happened,only magical wand tool exists,i even downloaded photoshop7 and installed it in both win 7 and my virtual pc (win XP) same prob occurs in photoshop 7 too,i dont find a quick selection tool,can i download it separately?plese help

  • The simplest tutorial ive seen so far. Thankyou!

  • Thank you! Most people doing a tutorial move and talk too fast. Some of us, like me can not keep up. You did a very nice job. And yes it did help.

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