A To select the sky in this image layer, we clicked on the right side with the Magic Wand tool Tolerance 38; Contiguous checked , then Shift-clicked more sky areas to add them to the selection as shown above. B We clicked the blue sky area with the Magic Wand tool Tolerance of 35 , Shift-clicked once on the clouds The Tolerance setting controlled which pixel range was added to the selection.
Before using a selection tool, check Anti-alias if available on the Options bar to fade the edge of the selection to transparency, or uncheck this option to produce a crisp, hard-edged selection. The Anti-alias option was on when this selection was created. The Anti-alias option was off when this selection was created. I would like to receive exclusive offers and hear about products from Peachpit and its family of brands.
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And just like that, Photoshop was able to add the remaining area of the sky to the selection. Two clicks with the Magic Wand was all it needed:.
Of course, since the sky is being replaced, what I should have selected in the image was everything below the sky, since that's the area I want to keep. But drawing a selection outline along the tops of the buildings with one of Photoshop's other selection tools like the Polygonal Lasso Tool or the Magnetic Lasso Tool would have taken more time and effort, while selecting the sky with the Magic Wand was quick and easy.
This brings us to a popular and very handy technique to use with the Magic Wand, which is to select the area you don't want first and then invert the selection! To invert the selection, which will select everything that wasn't selected in my case, everything below the sky and deselect everything that was the sky itself , go up to the Select menu at the top of the screen and choose Inverse.
With the selection now inverted, the sky is no longer selected while everything below it in the image is:. Next, I'll open the image I want to replace the original sky with. I'll switch back over to my original image and I'll click on the Background layer in the Layers panel to select it so that, when I paste the other sky photo into the document, it will appear between my existing two layers:.
Everyone loves a blue sky, but sometimes a few clouds can make a bigger impact:. Like Photoshop's other selection tools, the trick to using the Magic Wand successfully and avoiding frustration is knowing when to use it and when to try something else.
As we've seen in this tutorial, the Magic Wand's biggest strength is its ability to select large areas of pixels that all share the same or similar color and tone, making it perfect for things like selecting and replacing a simple sky in a photo, or for any image where the object you need to select is in front of a solid or similarly colored background. Use the "select what you don't want first" trick for times when selecting the area around the object with the Magic Wand would be faster and easier than selecting the object itself with a different tool.
This time, with a Tolerance setting twice as high, the selected area of the gradient is twice as large. Increasing or decreasing the Tolerance value has a big impact on which pixels in the image are selected with the Magic Wand. Contiguous is selected by default. Click inside the checkbox to deselect it if needed.
With Contiguous unchecked, any pixels anywhere in the image that fall within the Tolerance range will be selected. Leave anti-aliasing enabled with the Magic Wand to smooth out otherwise jagged selection edges. Leave Sample All Layers unchecked to limit your selection to the active layer. Some lighter areas of the sky just above the buildings were not included in the selection.
Use any of the Selection tools with their Add to selection and Subtract from selection options to clean up the initial selection, if necessary. See Adjust selections manually. Use the tools and sliders in the workspace to clean up the selection further. See Select and Mask workspace. You can use the Quick Selection tool to quickly "paint" a selection using an adjustable round brush tip.
As you drag, the selection expands outward and automatically finds and follows defined edges in the image. When creating a selection, press the right bracket ] to increase the Quick Selection tool brush tip size; press the left bracket [ to decrease the brush tip size. Sample All Layers: Creates a selection based on all layers instead of just the currently selected layer. Enhance Edge: Reduces roughness and blockiness in the selection boundary.
Enhance Edge automatically flows the selection further toward image edges and applies some of the edge refinement you can apply manually in the Select and Mask workspace. Paint inside the part of the image you want to select. The selection grows as you paint.
If updating is slow, continue to drag to allow time to complete work on the selection. As you paint near the edges of a shape, the selection area extends to follow the contours of the shape edge. If you stop dragging and then click or drag in a nearby area, the selection will grow to include the new area. Click Select and Mask to further adjust the selection boundary. The Magic Wand tool lets you select a consistently colored area for example, a red flower without having to trace its outline.
You specify the selected color range, or tolerance , relative to the original color you click. New B. Add To C. Subtract From D. Intersect With. Tolerance : Determines the color range of selected pixels. Enter a value in pixels, ranging from 0 to A low value selects the few colors very similar to the pixel you click. A higher value selects a broader range of colors.
Contiguous : Selects only adjacent areas using the same colors. Self-Paced Training. Enterprise Training. All Training Options. Purchase Courseware. About Us. Sign In. Contact Us.
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