Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

So which of the magic tools in elements can you colour with one stroke?

Well that will be the Brush Tool. In elements the magic selection brush tool works in a very similar way as the magic wand tool. But with the magic wand tool you have to click on the image and select the pixels, in elements you simple scribble over the areas in the image you want to alter and select, then elements does the rest, just how cool is that.

You must be careful because if an area contains a narrow range of tones , a single mark may be enough to create an effective selection, but on the other hand if the area you want to select includes a range of colours and shades, you will have to then draw enough marks and lines for elements to be able to calculate the selection.

Here’s great tip for you - Click the indicate foreground button to add pixels to the selection and the indicate background button to remove any you don’t like.

Also in elements you can make a fine tune selections with the aid of the selection brush. Once you have clicked on the selection form the mode menu you then can create a selection by simply brushing over it.

Which tools in elements can you remove the background with?

Well elements have to special tools for this job photoshops extract filter and elements magic extractor, they where both designed to remove a background very quickly. Also both come in very handy when selecting any objects or areas with a distinct edge. With the extract filter you simply have two moves, you paint with the edge highlighter tool around the edges and then fill the selected area with the fill tool.

Now for the easier options of the two the magic extractor, draw a few lines on the area you want to select, then some on the areas you don’t want and one click and that’s it done, elements just sorts the rest out for you. You can if you want tidy up by using the other tools.