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How do I use the Quick Selection Tool/Subtract from Selection?

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June 24, 2019
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I'm trying to make a mockup with the following image:

I'm trying to use the quick selection tool to create a smart object with the above image. I'm trying to select the outer edge of the business card but in doing so, it also selects the image on top of the business card.

So I'm having trouble de-selecting/substracting from my selection

Here is a video of what I'm doing. Sorry for the background noise in the audio. I hope you'll still hear what I'm trying to say

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Can someone show me how to subtract from the selection properly?

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War Unicorn

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If you don't want to select the logo, be sure the cursor never touches it. One fell swoop while "painting" around the logo produced this:

Of course, this isn't perfect and can be refined using the other selection tools and especially Select and Mask, which is on the Options bar at the top...but take it slow; there is a lot of power behind Select and Mask; it's not for the faint of heart. Give yourself time to learn it should you dive into it.

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keitha70260201Author

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I tried to do this, but it kept on selecting the image inside of the blank, background business card.

I did watch the videos suggested by Sahil.Chawla , but I'm still having trouble with selecting just the edges of the card itself. The subtract selection option, doesn't work for me. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm sure when trying to add to or subtract from I'm doing something incorrectly

Keith

War Unicorn

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Something just occurred to me: Since that's a template, is the "quality markups" logo not a layer on its own? (Look in the Layers panel.)

If it is, simply turn the visibility off by clicking the eye icon to the left of that particular layer's thumbnail image in the Layers panel.

As for the edges, the Quick Selection tool should do a pretty good job of going to the edges of the chosen object. Even so, it'll need work. (As you could see in my above example, I would have needed to eliminate the selected area to the upper right above the card as well as below where the card goes into the wallet.)

Sahil.Chawla

Adobe Employee

Hi Keith,

Thanks for reaching out to us and sharing the video!

As you're trying to make a selection using the Quick Selection Tool but the selection includes the logo inside as well. Please check this video to know more about the tool and how it works: How to Use the Quick Selection Tool in Photoshop - YouTube

You can also have a look at this video for more info: Quickly select and change part of an image |

Regards,
Sahil

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