Essential Skills for Designers - Selecting People

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4.8
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  • This is not my course with Martin since I’ve attended others. I must say he is my favorite teacher because he teaches with clarity and totally knows what he’s doing.
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  • It has been my 5th course with Martin and I totally recommend it for anyone that wants to know the basic Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign skills.
    ← | →
  • Good pace with clear explanations.
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This course is the ultimate guide for making selections of people in Photoshop. You can learn all the professional tools and techniques starting from basic selections of a person with one coloured background to very complex selections, with hair, transparent details and difficult backgrounds. This course is focusing on selections of people but the same workflows can be used for making selections of objects, animals or anything else.


Learn to make selections the right way from an Adobe Certified Instructor and put the powerful techniques into use in Graphic Design or Photo Retouch projects. Join now and become an expert of Photoshop selections in less than 3 hours.

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4.8
excellent
  • This is not my course with Martin since I’ve attended others. I must say he is my favorite teacher because he teaches with clarity and totally knows what he’s doing.
    ← | →
  • It has been my 5th course with Martin and I totally recommend it for anyone that wants to know the basic Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign skills.
    ← | →
  • Good pace with clear explanations.
    ← | →
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4.8
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Ali Denno

5.0
02/01/2017
What I would highlight: This is not my course with Martin since I’ve attended others. I must say he is my favorite teacher because he teaches with clarity and totally knows what he’s doing.
What could be improved: Nothing.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Former Student

4.5
11/12/2016
What I would highlight: It has been my 5th course with Martin and I totally recommend it for anyone that wants to know the basic Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign skills.
What could be improved: Everything good.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Peter

5.0
10/12/2016
What I would highlight: Good pace with clear explanations.
What could be improved: All OK.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

  • Photoshop
  • IT
  • Design
  • Design techniques
  • Design Methodology
  • Web
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Drawing
  • IT risk

Course programme

Course Curriculum


Tools for Selecting People


  • Why is it important to make selections?
  • Lasso Tool
  • Exercise Files
  • Quick Selection Tool
  • Magic Wand
  • Marquee Selection Tools
  • Color Range
  • Focus Area
  • Masking
  • Pen Tool and Vector Mask
  • Refine Selection
  • Custom Brushes


Simple Selections

  • When a Person Stands out from the Background
  • When the Background is Pure White
  • When the Background is Simple
  • When the Person is in Focus


Complex Selections


  • Selecting Hair on Portraits
  • Selecting Full Length Photos
  • Selections with Busy Backgrounds
  • Selecting Transparent Details
  • Multiple Selections on the Same Image
  • Conclusion

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Essential Skills for Designers - Selecting People

£ 31.37 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 39

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