Quick Selection Tool: Resembles a paintbrush with a small dotted line around the end of the brush.

There are also options for angular and 'magnetic' (following colors) lassos.

Lasso Tools: Click create a selection, finishing when you connect the two ends of you line or click again to finish it.

If you click and hold the icon it exposes more shapes to use.

Shaped Selections: The icon looks like a dotted box, and is first up.

Instead, use the following tools to select your object, then right-click and choose 'New Layer Via Cut.' X Research source Use your selection tools and 'Refine Edge' to isolate specific things in your image' If you just want to pull a person into an image, or Photoshop a flag from one photo into the background of another, then merging the images may not be necessary.

Note that you can use gradients, weird brushes, stamps, and the pen tool as well! Any way you 'color' the mask will show up.

Re-color the mask with white to make the image reappear.

Anything colored in gray will partially erase, up until it is fully black or white.

Color in anything you want to be erased in black on the actual image.

It is the second, all white square to the right of your layer.

Make sure your layer mask is selected.

It will automatically be set to black and white. To make one, highlight the layer you want, then click the small rectangle icon with a black circle in the center at the bottom of the layer's pallet. They allow you to erase parts of a layer without actually deleting the data, meaning you can easily undo it all if you mess up.

Layer masks are you best friend when merging. Use layer masks to erase non-permanently, as well as 'gradually' erase images into each other.

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