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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.

The Lasso Tools Video Tutorial

The standard and Polygonal lassos are amongst the most basic tools in all of Photoshop. Despite this, they carry a lot of respect with not only basic tasks but some of the more challenging selections you're no doubt on your way to creating.