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Unlock Your Creativity with Photopea

You're reading from   Unlock Your Creativity with Photopea Edit and retouch images, and create striking text and designs with the free online software

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801816649
Length 478 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Michael Burton Michael Burton
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started With Photopea
2. Chapter 1: Taking Your Design and Editing to the Next Level with Photopea FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Creating and Working with Image Editing Documents in Photopea 4. Chapter 3: Navigating and Utilizing the Workspace 5. Chapter 4: Layer Management: Creating, Organizing, and Applying Advanced Features 6. Chapter 5: Understanding Selection Fundamentals 7. Part 2: Digital Imaging, Design Techniques, and Other Software
8. Chapter 6: Color Theory and Application 9. Chapter 7: Using and Creating Brushes 10. Chapter 8: Photo Retouching Techniques 11. Chapter 9: Exploring Advanced Image Compositing Techniques 12. Chapter 10: Text Fundamentals and Styling in Photopea 13. Chapter 11: Pre-Designed Templates, Extra Effects, and Features Overview 14. Part 3: Drawing Figures, Creating a Logo, and Other Features
15. Chapter 12: Advanced Color Techniques 16. Chapter 13: Bonus: How to Draw and Paint a Figure and Character 17. Chapter 14: Bonus: How to Create a Logo 18. Chapter 15: Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

More on the Magic Wand tool

I will use the Magic Wand tool on the following image of the blue hooded man (see Figure 5.6) to give you a better understanding of how selections work in conjunction with the Feather and Tolerance parameters. (Usually, the Quick Selection tool would be recommended here instead for speed):

  1. Grab the Blue hooded photo reference located in the Chapter 5 Resources folder and drag it into the Photopea Main area.
  2. Select the Magic Wand tool, and set Feather to 11 and Tolerance to 30. Start with a medium brush size to select the hoodie. Notice it only selects part of the hoodie.
  3. Hold the Shift key down and continue to expand the selection, or hold down the Alt key while clicking the wand to decrease the selection near the selection area that went outside of the hoodie. This will get the selection as close as possible on the hoodie, and off of the grey background.
  4. For smaller areas, such as the face, I changed Feather to 5 px and Tolerance to...
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