Explore selections in Adobe Photoshop on your iPad.
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Introduction
Sometimes all you need is a single image from which you can make a composite.
Let's give it a try with this photo.
Selecting an object with the quick select tool
What I'm going to do is select one of these balloons and make a copy of it.
I'll go to the Toolbar and I long press or double tap the Lasso Selection Tool.
And from the fly out menu I'm going to choose the Quick Select Tool.
My tool options are docked to the bottom of the Toolbar and you'll see there that the top icon the Add to Selection icon is selected.
So that means that I can use this tool to drag over the large balloon.
I can release my finger and then I can add to that selection by dragging over the little basket at the bottom.
So now that I have the balloon and the basket selected, I'm going to go over to the right side of the screen
Copying and pasting a selection to a new layer
and tap the three-dot menu in the Taskbar and there I'm going to choose Copy.
Then I’ll tap Deselect to make the marching ants disappear I’ll tap the Three-Dot menu again and this time I'll choose Paste.
And that creates a new layer that has just a copy of the selected balloon.
And you can see that in the Layers panel.
Now I'll tap the Move Tool
Moving and resizing the duplicated element for a composite
and with the top layer, the layer with the balloon selected in the Layers panel, I'll click and drag to move the copy of the balloon.
I'll tap the Transform Tool in the Toolbar to make that smaller, so it looks like it's in the distance and I'll drag any of the corner anchor points and that allows me to scale the image down proportionately.
And then I can press inside of this bounding box and drag to position it wherever I want it.
And then I'll tap Done at the top of the image.
Creating a simple composite from a single image
So that's an overview of how to use selection tools and their options along with ideas about how you can make a simple composite from a single image here in Photoshop on your iPad.
What you learned: Make a selection with the Quick Select tool, copy and paste a selection
Make a selection with the Quick Select tool
In the Toolbar, long-press the Lasso tool. In the fly-out menu of alternate tools, tap the Quick Select tool.
With an image layer active in the Layers panel, drag over an object in the image to select it.
Make sure the Add to selection icon is highlighted in the Tool Options bar. Drag over another object to add it to the selection.
Create a copy
In the Task bar, tap the Three-Dot icon and choose Copy layer.
Tap Deselect in the bar at the bottom of the screen.
Tap the same Three-Dot icon again and choose Paste.
Make the copy smaller
With the copy layer active, select the Transform tool in the Toolbar.
Press a corner handle on the blue Transform boundary and drag inward to make the copy smaller without distorting it.
Press inside the blue boundary and drag to position the copy where you want it.
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