TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Beginner

2 min

Use selections to make a composite on your iPad

Explore selections in Adobe 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.

  • Tap Done to exit Transform mode.


Adobe Stock Contributors

Jankovoy

Illustrator

Seán Duggan

Instructor

Jan Kabili

November 11, 2019

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