To soften and round out this mask shape, go to Selections > Modify > Expand. Keep the selection marquee active – it now includes the entire flower and nothing else. Once you are finished perfecting your selection, click the Edit Selection icon again to exit. To remove the extraneous selected areas outside the flower, switch the Foreground swatch to black and use the Paint Brush tool to paint over the areas you want to remove. Tip: for smaller areas, you can change the brush size by holding down the Alt key while dragging the brush. Now use it to brush over the unselected areas.Activate the Paint Brush tool and choose the Default brush tip.In the Materials palette, set the Foreground (top) swatch to white.We will use the Paint Brush tool to pick up the unselected bits in the center. This layer is black and white, with white representing what’s selected. This creates a new temporary layer as well, on which you can modify what’s selected. When Edit Selection mode is activated you will see a red overlay indicating what’s currently included in the selection area. With the selection marquee still active, click on the Edit Selection icon in the Layers palette. But you can also use Edit Selection mode to perfect your selection. You could keep trying to adjust your selection by changing the Mode, Tolerance and other settings. With this particular image, there are areas outside the daisy that have been selected as well, because they are close in color to the petals. If you click on any areas that were missed, they will be added to the selection along with any matching pixels. On the Property bar, set the selection Mode to Add, Tolerance to 30 and uncheck Contiguous.Ĭlick on one area of the flower and the Magic Wand will select all pixels of similar color. Activate the Magic Wand brush from the Selection tool group. Open the Daisy photo in the Edit workspace. We will begin with using a selected object in a photo to create a new mask.

This tutorial explores advanced masking concepts, using PaintShop Pro’s Selection tools and Paint Brush tool to create masks. Creating Masks from Selections and Brush Strokes

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