Melon Head
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To make a round selection you just click and drag the cursor over the area that you want to select.
If you want to select a perfect circle (or a perfect square) - hold SHIFT while dragging. If you want to start your selection from the center - hold Option (Alt) button. If you want both of these options (perfect circle/square drawing from the center) hold both keys (Shift + Option (Alt)) while dragging.
Now zoom in the area with the blueberry. Select it. |
Place it inside your selection. Do you see the cursor changed to scissors? By using this tool right now you are cutting the blueberry out of the background in order to reposition it.
Drag the selection over the carrot slice. While your blueberry is still selected, you can adjust its position (with a mouse or using the arrow keys on the keyboard) Once you deselect it - it it permanently embedded into the image. Deselect: Select > Deselect on the menu bar or Command D (Ctrl D) |
Zoom in the area with the mushroom.
To select mushroom draw the selection around it. Try to stay close to the shape. But if you don't - not a big deal. We'll fix it. Remember - drawing your own selection - you need to return to your start point. Selection is a closed shape. So you need to end at your start point. |
Zoom in the area with the grapefruit.
You are going to use Magnetic Lasso Tool. It is similar to Lasso Tool. It also allows you to "draw" the selection, but..... Magnetic Lasso will snap to the edges of the objects that you draw. Actually, it snaps to the biggest contrast between the colors (values). Usually, the biggest contrast is the edge of an object vs. the background. |
Inside the bounding box is a Rotation point. Think about it as a pin that holds the shape. If you rotate the shape the pin would stay where it is now. You can move the Rotation point within the shape or outside the shape.
Place the cursor next to a corner of the bounding box. The cursor should become a double-headed arrow. Rotate. To resize the shape drag a corner of the box. To resize without distorting and stretching the selection - hold SHIFT while resizing. |