Selecting the Eyes


With the Elliptical Marquee tool still active, you will now select the eyes:

  1. In the Options bar, from the Style pop-up list, choose Fixed Aspect Ratio. Enter 1.5 for the width and 1 for the height, as in Figure H1.7.

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    Figure H1.7: Choosing a fixed aspect ratio

  2. You ll find a group of eyes to the left of the mannequin . Zoom in on one of the left eyes and place your cursor in the center of it. Press the Option/Alt key and drag outward. Don t drag to the very edge, but stay a few pixels within the oval shape, as seen in Figure H1.8.

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    Figure H1.8: The selection of a left eye

  3. Choose Select Feather. Enter a value of 2 pixels. This option lets you apply a feather to an existing selection.

  4. Choose the Move tool. Drag the left eye and position it on the egg. Notice the seamless transition between the egg and the eye due to the feathered selection.

  5. Choose the Elliptical Marquee tool. You will use the same fixed aspect ratio for the right eye.

  6. In the Options bar, enter a value of 2 px for the feather. (Entering a value in the Options bar enables you to feather a selection before drawing it.)

  7. Place your cursor on a right eye. Click your mouse and drag to position the fixed aspect ratio marquee.

  8. Choose the Move tool. Drag the right eye and position it on the egg. Once again, there is a seamless transition between the egg and the eye due to the feathered selection, as shown in Figure H1.9.

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    Figure H1.9: The eyes positioned on the egg, with a feathered transition

  9. Press /Ctrl-D to deselect and /Ctrl-S to save the document.




Photoshop CS Savvy
Photoshop CS Savvy
ISBN: 078214280X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 355

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