~Tutorial 1 --- selection tools~

We learn about 'selection' for the 1st Digital Media tutorial. 

This is the original picture. Because i use different computer...

the version different...so the background colour different...

 First step,select the Quick Selection tool in the Tools panel.

Click on a red area near the outside edge of the tomato. The Quick Selection tool finds the full edge automatically, selecting the entire tomato. Select the Move tool.Drag the tomato to theleft area of the collage so that the tomato overlaps the lower-left edge of the cutting board.

Select the Elliptical Marquee tool hidden under the Rectangular Marquee tool. Move the pointer over the olive bowl, and drag diagonally across the oval bowl to create a selection.When the selection border is positioned appropriately, release the mouse button. Select the Move tool.Drag the tomato to the left area of the collage so that the olive overlaps the lower-right edge of the cutting board.

 Select the Elliptical Marquee tool in the Tools panel. Move the pointer to the approximate center of the salad graphic.Click and begin dragging. Drag the salad graphic above the upper-right corner of the cutting board. Choose Image > Adjustments > Invert so that now it is effectively a
color negative of itself.

Drag one of the corner points to enlarge the salad graphic.Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the third salad graphic, making it about twice the size of the first one.

Select the Rectangular Marquee tool hidden behind the Elliptical Marquee tool.Drag a selection around the lettuce. Select the Magic Wand tool hidden under the Quick Selection tool. In the options bar, confirm that the Tolerance value is 32. This value determines the range of colors the wand selects. Click in the white background area within the selection marquee.Select the Move tool and drag the lettuce to the upper-left corner of the cutting board, placing it so that about a quarter of the lettuce overlaps the edge of the cutting board.

Select the Lasso tool drag around the rounded end of the carrot, tracing the shape as accurately as possible. Choose Edit > Transform > Rotate. The carrot and selection marquee are enclosed in a bounding box. Move the pointer outside the bounding box so that it becomes a curved. Drag to rotate the carrot to a 45-degree angle. Press Enter or Return to commit the transformation changes.

Select the Magnetic Lasso tool hidden under the Lasso tool. Click once along the left edge of the yellow pepper, and then move the Magnetic Lasso tool along the edge of the pepper to trace its outline. Select the Move tool and drag the pepper onto the cutting board.

Select the Crop tool to crop the image to a final size and clean up some of the background scraps left behind.  Finaly...done~

This is my 1st tutorial --- selection tools.