Select Menu (Photoshop) – Part 3

Select Menu Options (Continued form previous post):

Grow – It is similar to Magic Wand Tool with Contiguous option selected. It grows the existing selection. It uses Magic Wand Tool Tolerance value to grow the selection. It selects the same color pixels inside existing selection with Magic Wand Tolerance. If two colors inside the selection, then the two color pixels will select with Magic Wand Tool tolerance.

Similar – This option works like Magic Wand Tool without Contiguous option selected. It works like Grow option but it selects disconnected areas of the image. It also uses Magic Wand Tool Tolerance value to select the pixels of the image.

Transform Selection – It works like Free Transform option in Edit menu. Free Transform transforms layer objects but Transform Selection transform for any selection. With this Transform Selection we can transform any selection on the image like Scale, Rotate, Skew, Distort, Perspective, Warp, Rotate 180, Rotate 90 CW, Rotate 90 CCW, Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical.

Save Selection – Saves any number of selections one after one for further use. It stores in Photoshop memory. If the image is closed then saved selections will not available. To save any selection on image use this option and give same name for it. If we want other selection to be saved do the same process.

Save Selection Menu

 

Load Selection – Loads the saved selection. If there is any existing selection on the image while loading selection then the Load Selection popup menu shows saved selection names. Select which selection we want to load and select any of the four options (New Selection, Add to Selection, Subtract from Selection and Intersect with Selection). If there is no saved selection this option will not available.

Lad Selection Menu

Select Menu (Photoshop) – Part 2

Select Menu Options (Continued from prvious post):

Select Menu Options

All Layers – Selects all layers in layers palette. But it don’t select Background layer. Shortcut is Alt+Ctrl+A on keyboard.

Deselect Layers – Deselects all layers. There will be no selected layer in the layers palette. At that time we can’t do anything on image. To do any work like using any tool, applying filters, other operations etc. Any one of the layer must be selected. To Merge, Group and Link select more than one layers.

Similar Layers – Selects same type of layers like Text layers, Shape Layers, Mask Layers, Fill Layers, Normal Layers, Groups etc. for example if Text layer is the current layer, then all text layers in layers palette will select. If Fill layer if the current layer selected, then all fill layers in layers palette will select.

Color Range – It selects selected color with Eyedropper tool on entire layer or in any selected part of the layer. Add to Sample option to add another color to the selection. Subtract from Sample option for removing any color form selected colors. A preview window will display selected colors in grayscale. In Selection Preview menu there are None, Grayscale, Black Matte, White Matte and Quick Mask options and these show previews directly on the image. Fuzziness option is to adjust the range of selected color. If the slider moves left side less colors selected and if the slider moves right side more colors will select. Invert option to inverts the selection. It leaves the selected area and selects remaining area. On Select menu option, any color is selected, then only that color will select on the image. If re is selected then all red color pixels will select.

Color Range Menu

Note : Remaining options of Select menu will continue on next post.

Select Menu (Photoshop) – Part 1

In Select Menu there are different types of selection options. All those options related to selection only. With that selection we can do many things like deleting backgrounds, deleting unwanted areas, giving strokes, color filling, applying filters, applying masks, making brushes, making shapes, converting into shapes, applying Adjustments options, copy, cut, paste into selection, transform selected parts etc.

Select Menu

The Select Menu options are:

All – It select entire current layer of the image. The shortcut is Ctrl+A on keyboard.

Deselect – It removes any selection on the image. Shortcut is Ctrl+D on keyboard.

Reselect – It reselects (select again) last time deselected selection on image. Shortcut is Shift+Ctrl+D on keyboard.

Inverse – It inverse selection, which means it leaves selected part and selects remaining part of the image. Shortcut is Shift+Ctrl+I on keyboard.

Note : Remaining options of Select menu will continue on next post.