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Selecting, Extracting, Moving, Transforming and Blending Video Tutorial

Anyone can make selections inside Photoshop, but it takes a good knowledge of the selection tools, and a little practice, to get on the road to mastering it. As we strive to achieve our ultimate goal – selecting and moving a gorilla into another photograph – we’ll visit the lasso tools, the marquee tools, quick selection, the magic wand and the magic extractor.  We’ll also employ the move tool to move selected elements around, the transform controls to resize the gorilla, and layer blending options to make the composition as realistic as possible.

Magic Wand Tool Video Tutorial

In this tutorial we'll be looking at how to use the magic wand selection tool. Although most people have heard of this tool, very few understand how to properly adjust the various settings and controls in order to have this tool working with you - rather than against you!