4 Cutout Image Methods in Photoshop CS5

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“There is one tool in the Adobe world called the ‘Pen Tool.’ If you can learn the Pen Tool first you can master almost all Adobe products.”Berto Herrerra

A brief look at the ways to cut out an image.

Look below for full transcript of notes in the video.

Methods used:
1) Quick Selection Tool (for all that damn hair)
2) Magic Wand Tool (luck you)
3) Polygonal Lasso Tool (Lazy man’s pen tool)
4) Pen Tool (the Gyarados of the stack)

Image courtesy of Joshua Smith (on Stockvault)

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