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Copying and Pasting a Selection Copy or Cut and Paste Select an area of an image using any of the selection tools in a Photoshop document.. Click the Edit menu, point to Paste Special,

After you make a selection in a Photoshop document, you can copy or cut it to the Clipboard where you can paste it to another place in your active document or in another document Using the Copy or Cut and Paste commands have been around for a long time, however, Photoshop has added some variation to it You can use the Paste Special menu to provide more direction to the paste location by using the Paste In Place (New !), Paste Into, and Paste Outside (New !) commands If the con-tent of the Clipboard doesn’t contain pixels from a Photoshop document, the special paste commands work just like the Paste command

Copying and Pasting a

Selection

Copy or Cut and Paste

Select an area of an image using

any of the selection tools in a

Photoshop document

Click the Edit menu, and then click

Copy (active layer), or Copy

Merged (all layers), or Cut (move).

Use any of the following paste

commands:

◆ Paste Pastes the selection as a

new layer Click the Edit menu,

and then click Paste.

◆ Paste In Place Pastes selection

into the same relative location

between source and destination

documents Click the Edit menu,

point to Paste Special, and then

click Paste In Place ( New !)

TIMESAVER Press Shift+Ctrl+V

(Win) or Shift+A+V (Mac)

◆ Paste Into or Paste Outside

Pastes the selection inside or

outside (New !) a selection

This adds a layer and layer

mask The selection is

unmasked (white), while the

rest of the layer is masked

(black) Select a destination,

click the Edit menu, point to

Paste Special, and then click

Paste Into or Paste Outside.

TIMESAVER For Paste Into,

press Alt+Shift+Ctrl+V (Win) or

Option+Shift+A+V (Mac)

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Paste Into layer

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Once a selection is made, the next step is to get to work Selections are not just useful for correcting color or for image enhancement It's pos-sible you may need to use some of Photoshop's transform commands

on your selections before making further modifications The Transform commands let you move, modify, or resize the area enclosed within the selection area Unlike the Free Transform command, Transform gives you several options, such as Scale, Distort, Perspective, and Warp, which you can use to modify an existing selection The selection area

is visually defined by a bounding box with nodes, or anchor points, in the four corners and the center of each axis

Using Free Transform

and Transform

Use the Free Transform

Command

Select an area of an image using

any of the selection tools

Click the Edit menu, and then click

Free Transform.

Move to any of the four corners,

and then drag to expand or

contract the size of the selection

Move outside the bounding box

selection until your cursor

resembles a curved arrow, and

then drag to rotate the selection

You can also drag the horizontal or

vertical nodes to expand the

image

Press Enter (Win) or Return (Mac),

or double-click inside the

bounding box to apply the

transformation

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Selection enlarged and rotated

Did You Know?

You can create proportional transform

boundaries Holding down the Shift key

while dragging a corner handle

main-tains the proportions of the original

image

You can use the Free Transform

command to create distorted images

Hold down the Ctrl (Win) or A (Mac)

key, while dragging a corner handle to

create a distorted selection

Use the Transform Command

Select an area of an image using

any of the selection tools

Click the Edit menu, point to

Transform, and then select an

option:

◆ Again Lets you repeat the

previous Transform command

◆ Scale Lets you increase or

decrease the size of the

selected area

◆ Rotate Lets you rotate the

selection area 0 to 360 degrees

◆ Skew Lets you select a node

and drag it in a vertical or

horizontal direction without

affecting the other nodes

◆ Distort Lets you select a node

and drag it in any direction

desired without affecting the

other nodes

◆ Perspective Lets you change

the perspective of a selection

◆ Warp Lets you wrap an image

around any shape using a

modifiable grid To warp an

image using a specific shape,

click the Warp Style list arrow

on the Options bar, and then

select a shape, such as Twist,

Flag, Fisheye, or Inflate

TIMESAVER To show or hide

the warp grid and anchor points,

click the View menu, and then

click Extras

Select any settings you want on

the Options bar and modify the

transformed image as desired

using the anchor points, a

segment of the bounding box or

grid, or an area within the grid

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Additional transform commands

The Puppet Warp tool (New !) allows you to push and pull elements within an image You can adjust an element to add an artistic flare or make it fit into a specific space by simply adding or removing handles, known as pins, as needed and then dragging them to adjust (warp, stretch, or reposition) all or part of the image

Using Puppet Warp

Use Puppet Warp

Select one or more areas of an

image using any of the selection

tools, or select an entire layer

Click the Edit menu, and then click

Puppet Warp.

To modify the mesh, use any of the

following on the Control panel:

◆ Show Mesh Select to show or

deselect to hide the mesh

◆ Density Click the list arrow, and

then select Fewer Points,

Normal, or More Points.

◆ Expansion Specify a pixel size to

increase or decrease the mesh

Click the Mode list arrow, and then

select a warp mode: Rigid, Normal,

or Distort.

Click on the mesh to place pins

creating points that don’t move

Select one or more pins that move,

and then drag one or use the arrow

keys to warp the image

◆ Select or Deselect Pins Shift+

click a pin, or press Ctrl+A (Win)

or A+A (Mac) to select all or

press Ctrl+D (Win) or A+D

(Mac) to deselect all

◆ Remove Pins Alt+click (Win) or

Option+click (Mac) a pin, or click

the Remove All Pins button.

◆ Temporarily Hide Pins Press H

To adjust overlap from background

areas, click the Forward or

Backward Pin Depth buttons.

Click the Commit or Cancel button

to keep or cancel the change

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Drag a selected pin to warp the image.

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Remove All Pins

The Content-Aware Scale command allows you to resize an image without affecting important parts of the image, such as people, build-ings, etc When you normally scale an image, all the pixels in the image are affected With Content-Aware scaling, only the pixels in non-impor-tant areas are affected You can upscale or downscale images to fit them on a page or change the orientation If you want to preserve spe-cific areas of an image, you can use an alpha channel to protect the selected area

Using Content-Aware

Scaling

Use Content-Aware Scaling

Open a document with the image

that you want to scale

To protect content when scaling,

select the area that you want to

protect using any selection tool

If you’re scaling a Background

layer, click the Select menu, and

then click All.

Click the Edit menu, and then click

Content-Aware Scale.

Use any of the following:

◆ Reference Point Location Click

a square to select a scale point

◆ Relative Positioning for

Reference Point Click to specify

a new position in relation to its

current position

◆ Image Size Enter specific sizes.

◆ Scaling Percentage Enter

specific percentages for scaling

◆ Amount Specify a ratio of

content-aware scaling to normal

scaling

◆ Protect Select an alpha channel

that specifies an area to protect

◆ Protect Skin Tones Click to

preserve areas with skin tones

Drag a handle on the bounding box

to scale the image Use the Shift key

to scale proportionately

Click the Commit or Cancel button

to keep or cancel the change

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The Content-Aware Fill option (New !) with the Spot Healing Brush tool

or in the Fill dialog box allows you to replace content in a selection

This is useful when you want to remove an unwanted element and replace it with details that match the surrounding area; the result is a seamless removal of an element You can select the element to be removed, and then use the Content-Aware option in the Fill dialog box

to replace the selection with details from the area surrounding the selection If you prefer using a brush, you can also use the Content-Aware option on the Options bar for the Spot Healing Brush tool As you paint, the Spot Healing brush fills in the area with the details that surround the painted area

Using Content-Aware

Fill

Use Content-Aware Fill with the

Spot Healing Brush Tool

Select the Spot Healing Brush tool

on the toolbox

Click the Content-Aware option on

the Control panel

Start painting where you want to

remove an element in a continuous

stroke (fill in the entire area)

When you release the mouse,

Photoshop automatically removes

the element and fills in the area

using details from the painted edge

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Use Content-Aware Fill with the

Fill Dialog Box

Create a selection using any of the

selection tools

◆ To create an exact selection,

use the Quick Selection tool on

the toolbox, and use the Refine

Edge button on the Control

panel

Click the Edit menu, and then click

Fill.

Click the Use list arrow, and then

click Content-Aware.

Click OK.

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