{"id":31874,"date":"2021-11-05T12:48:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=31874"},"modified":"2022-11-05T10:36:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T14:36:24","slug":"using-the-object-selection-tool-and-object-finder-in-photoshop-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/basics\/using-the-object-selection-tool-and-object-finder-in-photoshop-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"summary\">\n<p>Learn how to quickly select people or objects in your image using the improved Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022, and how its new Object Finder can select objects automatically!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video3\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n    <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-SAnHO9mlE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this tutorial, I show you how to use the improved Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022, along with its brand new feature called Object Finder, to quickly select objects in your image just by hovering your mouse cursor over them!<\/p>\n<p>First introduced back in Photoshop 2020, the Object Selection Tool made it easy to select an object simply by drawing a rough selection outline around it. But thanks to a new option in Photoshop 2022 called Object Finder, the Object Selection Tool can now automatically find objects in your image all on its own. You can then highlight an object by hovering your mouse cursor over it, and click on the object to instantly select it. Let\u2019s see how it works!<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>Let's get started!<\/p>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Which version of Photoshop do I need?<\/h2>\n<p>To follow along, you'll need Photoshop 2022 or newer. <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100lrdjJ\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adobe.com%2Fproducts%2Fphotoshop.html\" title=\"Get Adobe Photoshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get the latest Photoshop version here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">The document setup<\/h2>\n<p>For this tutorial, I'll use <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100lrdjJ\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fstock.adobe.com%2Fimages%2Fmultiethnic-group-of-university-students-against-college-wall%2F321817209\" title=\"View image on Adobe Stock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this image<\/a> from Adobe Stock:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/original-image.jpg\" alt=\"The original image open in Photoshop. Credit: Adobe Stock.\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original image.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Where do I find the Object Selection Tool?<\/h2>\n<p>Just like in previous versions, the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022 is found in the <a href=\"\/basics\/photoshop-tools-toolbar-overview\/\" title=\"Learn more\">toolbar<\/a>, nested in with the <a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/quick-selection-tool\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Quick Selection Tool<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/magic-wand-tool\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Magic Wand Tool<\/a>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-selection-tool-photoshop-2022.png\" alt=\"Selecting the Object Selection Tool is found in Photoshop's toolbar\" width=\"285\" height=\"187\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting the Object Selection Tool from the toolbar.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How the Object Selection Tool worked previously<\/h2>\n<p>To see how much easier it is to select objects with the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022, let\u2019s quickly look at how we used the tool in previous versions. The reason is that we can still use it like this today and there are times when we still need to.<\/p>\n<h3>The Tool Mode<\/h3>\n<p>In previous versions, after choosing the Object Selection Tool, we would first go up to the <strong>Options Bar<\/strong> and set the tool\u2019s Mode to either <strong>Rectangle<\/strong> or <strong>Lasso<\/strong>. The choice would depend on whether we wanted to draw a rectangular selection outline or a freeform selection outline around the object.<\/p>\n<p>I'll choose Rectangle which is the default setting:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-selection-tool-mode.png\" alt=\"The Mode option for the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop's Options Bar.\" width=\"471\" height=\"125\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Mode option in the Options Bar.<\/div>\n<h3>Selecting an object in the image<\/h3>\n<p>Then to select an object, or in this case a person, we would simply drag out a selection outline around them.<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019m dragging a rectangular selection outline around the man in the center of the group:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/select-man-in-center.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging a rectangular selection outline around the person in the center of the image.\" width=\"806\" height=\"497\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Dragging a selection around the man in the center.<\/div>\n<p>When you released your mouse button, Photoshop would analyze the image inside the selected area and then redraw the selection around the object it found:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/man-in-center-selected.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop selected the object after releasing the mouse button.\" width=\"469\" height=\"552\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Photoshop detected and selected him.<\/div>\n<h3>Adding more objects to the same selection<\/h3>\n<p>To add more objects to the same selection, we would press and hold the <strong>Shift<\/strong> key on the keyboard and drag a selection outline around the object or person we wanted to add.<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019m holding <strong>Shift<\/strong> and dragging around the man on the left:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/add-object-on-left.jpg\" alt=\"Holding Shift to add a second object to the same selection with the Object Selection Tool.\" width=\"608\" height=\"502\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Shift to add a second person to the same selection.<\/div>\n<p>And when I release my mouse button, he\u2019s added to the same selection with the man in the center:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/two-objects-selected.jpg\" alt=\"A second object has been added to the selection.\" width=\"640\" height=\"501\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Both people are now selected.<\/div>\n<h3>Subtracting objects from the selection<\/h3>\n<p>To subtract an object from the selection, we would press and hold the <strong>Alt<\/strong> key, or the <strong>Option<\/strong> key on a Mac, and drag around the object or person we wanted to remove.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll drag around the same man on the left, this time while holding Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/removing-object-on-left-from-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Subtracting an object from the selection using the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop\" width=\"599\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) while dragging to subtract an object.<\/div>\n<p>And when I release my mouse button, he is no longer part of the selection, while the man in the center remains selected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/second-object-deselected.jpg\" alt=\"The man on the left has been removed from the selection.\" width=\"635\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The selection outline no longer appears around the man on the left.<\/div>\n<h3>Adding areas that the Object Selection Tool missed<\/h3>\n<p>You could keep adding objects to the selection by holding <strong>Shift<\/strong> and dragging a selection outline around them.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>Here I\u2019ve already added the woman on the left, and I\u2019m now drawing a selection outline to add the man on the far right:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/adding-more-objects-to-the-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Holding Shift and dragging around other people to add them to the selection.\" width=\"804\" height=\"435\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Shift and dragging around other people to add them to the selection.<\/div>\n<p>But notice when I release my mouse button that while the Object Selection Tool did select the man himself, it did not include the bag hanging from his side:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/part-of-object-missed.jpg\" alt=\"Part of the object was missed by the Object Selection Tool\" width=\"421\" height=\"551\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Part of the object was missed.<\/div>\n<p>To fix that, I\u2019ll hold <strong>Shift<\/strong> to add to the existing selection and I\u2019ll drag around the missing part of the bag:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/add-missing-part-of-object.jpg\" alt=\"Adding the missing area to the selection.\" width=\"330\" height=\"551\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Shift and dragging to add the missing area.<\/div>\n<p>I'll release my mouse button, and the missing part is added:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/missing-part-of-object-added.jpg\" alt=\"The missing part of the object has been added to the selection.\" width=\"310\" height=\"551\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The missing area has been added to the selection.<\/div>\n<h3>Subtracting unwanted parts of an object<\/h3>\n<p>Or if I wanted to remove the bag from the selection, I could hold <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) and drag around it.<\/p>\n<p>But depending on the shape of the object you want to add or subtract, it might be easier to draw a freeform selection around it rather than a rectangle. So in the Options Bar, I\u2019ll change the <strong>Mode<\/strong> from Rectangle to <strong>Lasso<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-selection-tool-mode-lasso.png\" alt=\"Changing the Object Selection Tool's mode to Lasso in Photoshop's Options Bar\" width=\"468\" height=\"116\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Changing the tool mode to Lasso in the Options Bar.<\/div>\n<p>Then I\u2019ll hold <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) and I\u2019ll drag around the bag with the Lasso Tool to remove it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/removing-part-of-an-object.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing a freeform selection outline around the bag to subtract it from the selection.\" width=\"293\" height=\"550\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Dragging a freeform selection around the bag.<\/div>\n<p>And now the bag is deselected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/bag-deselected.jpg\" alt=\"The bag has been subtracted from the selection.\" width=\"296\" height=\"551\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The bag has been subtracted from the selection.<\/div>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How to use the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022<\/h2>\n<p>So that\u2019s how the Object Selection Tool worked in previous versions of Photoshop. And obviously, since I\u2019m using Photoshop 2022 here, you can still use it like that today. In fact, there are times when you\u2019ll need to, as we\u2019ll see in a moment.<\/p>\n<p>But there is also a much faster way to work with the Object Selection Tool in 2022 thanks to a brand new feature called <strong>Object Finder<\/strong>. Rather than needing to drag around objects, this new feature lets Photoshop find objects across the entire image all on its own.<\/p>\n<h3>Clearing the existing selection<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ll remove my current selection outline by going up to the <strong>Select<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar and choosing <strong>Deselect<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/select-deselect.png\" alt=\"Choosing the Deselect command from Photoshop's Select menu.\" width=\"329\" height=\"119\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Going to Select &gt; Deselect.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/basics\/select-subjects-powerful-new-cloud-option-in-photoshop-2022\/\" title=\"Learn more\">See also: Better 1-click selections with Select Subject in Photoshop 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The new Object Finder option<\/h3>\n<p>In Photoshop 2022, with the Object Selection Tool active, there\u2019s a new option in the Options Bar called <strong>Object Finder<\/strong> which is turned on by default. Object Finder allows Photoshop to analyze the entire image looking for objects that can be selected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-finder-option-photoshop-2022.png\" alt=\"The new Object Finder option for the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022\" width=\"396\" height=\"116\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The new Object Finder option.<\/div>\n<h3>The Refresh icon<\/h3>\n<p>You may notice immediately after choosing the Object Selection Tool that the <strong>Refresh<\/strong> icon (the rotating arrows icon) next to the Object Finder option is spinning. This means that Photoshop is analyzing the image looking for objects, and you\u2019ll want to wait until it stops spinning to let Photoshop finish what it\u2019s doing. <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>The Object Finder will refresh and re-analyze the image automatically anytime you make an edit or a change. But you can also refresh it manually at any time by clicking the Refresh icon:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-finder-refrsh-icon.png\" alt=\"The Refresh icon for the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022\" width=\"474\" height=\"115\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Refresh icon in the Options Bar.<\/div>\n<h3>The Object Finder Mode<\/h3>\n<p>If you don\u2019t want the Object Finder to refresh automatically, then click the <strong>gear icon<\/strong> in the Options Bar and change the <strong>Object Finder Mode<\/strong> from <strong>Auto Refresh<\/strong> to <strong>Manual Refresh<\/strong>. With Manual selected, the Object Finder will only refresh when you click the Refresh icon yourself. But in most cases, Auto Refresh works best:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-finder-mode-option.png\" alt=\"The Auto Refresh and Manual Refresh options for the Object Finder in Photoshop 2022\" width=\"197\" height=\"157\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choose Auto or Manual Refresh.<\/div>\n<h3>Show All Objects<\/h3>\n<p>To see the objects that Photoshop found, click the new <strong>Show All Objects<\/strong> icon in the Options Bar:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/show-all-objects-photoshop-2022.png\" alt=\"The Show All Objects icon for the Object Finder in Photoshop 2022\" width=\"464\" height=\"115\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Show All Objects icon.<\/div>\n<p>And the objects appear highlighted with a blue overlay. So with my image, Photoshop was able to detect all five people as objects that can be selected.<\/p>\n<p>You can toggle Show All Objects on and off either by clicking its icon in the Options Bar or by using the letter <strong>N<\/strong> on your keyboard. Press and hold N to turn Show All Objects on, and then release N to turn it off. If releasing N doesn\u2019t work, just press it again:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/image-show-all-objects-photoshop-2022.jpg\" alt=\"The objects detected by the Object Finder in Photoshop 2022\" width=\"806\" height=\"460\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The objects detected appear highlighted in blue.<\/div>\n<h3>The Overlay options<\/h3>\n<p>If you find the blue overlay color hard to see, click the <strong>gear icon<\/strong> in the Options Bar:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-finder-gear-icon.png\" alt=\"Clicking the gear icon in the Options Bar\" width=\"477\" height=\"116\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the gear icon.<\/div>\n<p>Then in the <strong>Overlay Options<\/strong> section of the menu, choose a different color. You can also increase or decrease the opacity of the overlay from the default of 65 percent: <\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-finder-overlay-options.png\" alt=\"The options for the object overlay in Photoshop 2022\" width=\"195\" height=\"234\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The options for the object overlay.<\/div>\n<p>And if you would rather see the overlay as an outline <em>around<\/em> objects instead of in front of them, enter a size value, in pixels, into the <strong>Outline<\/strong> box. <\/p>\n<p>For example, I\u2019ll set the Outline to 2 pixels:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/overlay-size-option.png\" alt=\"Increasing the outline size to 2 pixels\" width=\"193\" height=\"149\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Increasing the Outline size to 2 pixels.<\/div>\n<p>And now if I turn <strong>Show All Objects<\/strong> back on, the objects are highlighted with an outline or border around them:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/show-all-objects-overlay-outline.jpg\" alt=\"The object overlay now appears as an outline around the objects\" width=\"804\" height=\"420\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The object overlay now appears as an outline.<\/div>\n<p>But I prefer the standard overlay, so I\u2019ll click again on the <strong>gear icon<\/strong> to reopen the Overlay Options, and I\u2019ll set the <strong>Outline<\/strong> back to <strong>0 pixels<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/reset-overlay-outline-to-0px.png\" alt=\"Resetting the overlay Outline size back to 0 pixels\" width=\"195\" height=\"149\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Resetting the Outline back to 0.<\/div>\n<h3>How to select one of the objects<\/h3>\n<p>So at the moment, with Show All Objects turned on, we\u2019re seeing a preview of all the objects in the image that the Object Finder detected. But nothing is actually selected yet. To select one of the objects, first turn <strong>Show All Objects<\/strong> off, either by clicking its icon in the Options Bar or by pressing <strong>N<\/strong> on your keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>Then hover your mouse cursor over the object or person you want to select, and the overlay will appear over just that one object.<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019m hovering over the man on the left:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/hover-over-man-on-left.jpg\" alt=\"Hover over an object to highlight it.\" width=\"595\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Hover over an object to highlight it.<\/div>\n<p>To select the highlighted object, simply click on it. I\u2019ll click on the man on the left. And Photoshop instantly draws a selection outline around him:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/man-on-left-selected.jpg\" alt=\"Click on the highlighted object to select it.\" width=\"438\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the highlighted object to select it.<\/div>\n<p>You can then move your mouse cursor away from the object to hide the overlay and view just the selection outline itself:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/view-selection-outline-only.jpg\" alt=\"Move your cursor away from the object to hide the overlay.\" width=\"446\" height=\"501\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Move your cursor away from the object to hide the overlay.<\/div>\n<h3>How to add more objects to the selection<\/h3>\n<p>To add a second object or person to the same selection, hover your mouse cursor over them to show the overlay. Then press and hold <strong>Shift<\/strong> on your keyboard and click.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>Here I\u2019ve added the woman to the selection, and I now have two people selected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/shift-click-to-add-second-object.jpg\" alt=\"Holding Shift and clicking to add a second object to the same selection\" width=\"459\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Shift and clicking to select a second person.<\/div>\n<p>You can continue adding more objects to the selection by hovering over them, holding Shift, and clicking. <\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019ve added the woman on the right: <\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/third-object-added-to-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Shift-clicking on more people in the photo to add them to the same selection\" width=\"804\" height=\"406\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Shift-clicking on more people to add them to the selection.<\/div>\n<h3>How to subtract an object from the selection<\/h3>\n<p>To remove an object or person from the selection, hover over them, hold <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) on your keyboard, and click.<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019ve deselected the man on the left by Alt+clicking (Win) \/ Option+clicking (Mac) on him, while the two women remain selected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/remove-object-from-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Holding Alt, or Option on a Mac, and clicking on a person to subtract them from the selection\" width=\"804\" height=\"404\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) and clicking to subtract a person from the selection.<\/div>\n<h3>How to start over with a new selection<\/h3>\n<p>To clear an existing selection outline completely and start over with a new selection, simply click on a new object to select it without holding Shift.<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019ve clicked on the man in the center without holding the Shift key, which deselects everyone else and leaves only him selected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/start-new-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Click to select a new object and deselect all other objects\" width=\"804\" height=\"412\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click to select a new object and deselect all previously-selected objects.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How to fix the Object Finder's mistakes<\/h2>\n<p>As we\u2019ve seen, the new Object Finder feature for the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022 makes it easier than ever to select objects in an image. We just hover over an object to highlight it and then click to select it. We can add more objects to the selection by Shift-clicking on them, and remove objects by holding Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) and clicking.<\/p>\n<p>But earlier, we covered how the Object Selection Tool used to work in previous Photoshop versions, where we needed to drag around objects to select or deselect them. And while the Object Finder in 2022 works great much of the time, it won\u2019t get things right every time.<\/p>\n<p>When the Object Finder makes a mistake, we still need to use the old methods of Shift+dragging to add a missing area to the selection, or Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac)+dragging to subtract an area from the selection.<\/p>\n<h3>Inspecting the selection outline for problems<\/h3>\n<p>For example, notice that even though the Object Finder did a decent job overall at detecting the man in the center when I clicked on him, it missed part of the book he\u2019s holding in his hand.<\/p>\n<p>If I try adding that missing part to the selection by hovering over it and Shift-clicking, it doesn\u2019t work because the Object Finder did not recognize it as an object. So this means I\u2019ll need to add it manually:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/part-of-object-missing.jpg\" alt=\"The Object Finder failed to detect part of the object\" width=\"272\" height=\"550\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Object Finder missed part of an object.<\/div>\n<h3>How to manually add to the selection<\/h3>\n<p>To add a missing area, first go up to the Options Bar and set the Object Selection Tool\u2019s <strong>Mode<\/strong> to either <strong>Rectangle<\/strong> or <strong>Lasso<\/strong>. I\u2019ll change it back to Rectangle:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-selection-tool-mode-rectangle.png\" alt=\"Setting the Object Selection Tool's mode to Rectangle\" width=\"350\" height=\"116\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Setting the tool mode back to Rectangle.<\/div>\n<p>Then press and hold <strong>Shift<\/strong> on your keyboard to add to the existing selection and drag a selection outline around the missing area:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/drag-around-missing-area.jpg\" alt=\"Holding Shift and dragging a selection outline around the book\" width=\"370\" height=\"551\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Shift and dragging around the book.<\/div>\n<p>Release your mouse button, and the missing area is added:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/missing-area-added-to-selection.jpg\" alt=\"The book has been added maually to the selection.\" width=\"369\" height=\"550\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The book has been added to the selection.<\/div>\n<h3>How to manually subtract from of the selection<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ll add a couple more people back to the selection by Shift-clicking on them:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/adding-to-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Shift-clicking to add more people to the selection.\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Shift-clicking to add more people to the selection.<\/div>\n<p>But now watch what happens if I try to subtract the man in the center from the selection by holding <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) and clicking on him:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/trying-to-remove-object-from-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Trying to subtract the man from the selection.\" width=\"579\" height=\"502\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac)-clicking on the man to subtract him.<\/div>\n<p>Photoshop again missed that same part of the book he\u2019s holding, this time failing to remove it from the selection:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/same-part-of-selection-missed.jpg\" alt=\"The same area of the object was missed when subtracting from the selection\" width=\"799\" height=\"471\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The same part of the book was missed when subtracting from the selection.<\/div>\n<p>To remove it manually, I\u2019ll hold <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) on my keyboard as I drag around it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/manually-removing-part-of-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Manually subtracting the object from the selection\" width=\"801\" height=\"514\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) and dragging around the book.<\/div>\n<p>And when I release my mouse button, the remaining selection is removed:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/area-manually-removed-from-selection.jpg\" alt=\"The book has been subtracted from the selection.\" width=\"799\" height=\"489\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The book has been subtracted from the selection.<\/div>\n<h3>Object Subtract<\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at one more important option for the Object Selection Tool called <strong>Object Subtract<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>I\u2019ll quickly deselect everything in my image by clicking anywhere outside the selection:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/all-objects-deselected.jpg\" alt=\"Clicking on the background to clear all objects from the selection\" width=\"805\" height=\"411\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking on the background to clear all objects from the selection.<\/div>\n<p>Then I\u2019ll select the woman on the left by hovering my cursor over her and clicking:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/select-woman-on-left.jpg\" alt=\"Clicking to select the woman on the left\" width=\"308\" height=\"503\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking to select the woman on the left.<\/div>\n<p>And notice that Photoshop included the notebooks she\u2019s holding as part of the selection:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/notebooks-included-in-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop included everything in the selection including the notebooks\" width=\"278\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Photoshop selected everything, including the notebooks.<\/div>\n<p>But let\u2019s say I don\u2019t want the notebooks to be included and I need to subtract them from the selection.<\/p>\n<p>If you click the <strong>gear icon<\/strong> in the Options Bar once again, you\u2019ll find an option at the top called <strong>Object Subtract<\/strong>, which is turned on by default:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-subtract-option-photoshop.png\" alt=\"The Object Subtract option for the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2022\" width=\"233\" height=\"149\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Object Subtract option.<\/div>\n<p>Object Subtract is what allows Photoshop to automatically detect objects that we want to subtract from the selection when we hold Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) and drag around them. It\u2019s basically the opposite of how the Object Selection Tool normally works. Instead of finding objects to add within the selected area, it looks for objects to remove.<\/p>\n<h3>Subtracting objects with Object Subtract turned on<\/h3>\n<p>I want to remove the notebooks from the selection. So with Object Subtract turned on, I\u2019ll start by holding <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) and dragging around the top of the notebooks above her arm:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/object-subtract-top-of-notebooks.jpg\" alt=\"Holding Alt, or Option on a Mac, and dragging around the top of the notebooks to subtract them\" width=\"446\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) and dragging around the top of the notebooks.<\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ll release my mouse button, and Photoshop auto-detects and subtracts the top of the notebooks as expected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/top-of-notebooks-removed.jpg\" alt=\"The top of the notebooks have been subtracted from the selection\" width=\"372\" height=\"502\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The top of the notebooks have been subtracted.<\/div>\n<p>Then I\u2019ll do the same thing with the remaining part of the notebook below her arm, holding <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) and dragging around it: <\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/removing-bottom-of-notebook.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging to subtract the bottom of the notebooks\" width=\"326\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) and dragging around the bottom of the notebooks.<\/div>\n<p>And again, when I release my mouse button, Photoshop auto-detects and subtracts that part of the notebook from the selection:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/bottom-of-notebooks-removed.jpg\" alt=\"The bottom of the notebook has been subtracted from the selection.\" width=\"325\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The bottom of the notebook has been subtracted.<\/div>\n<h3>Subtracting objects with Object Subtract turned off<\/h3>\n<p>But that\u2019s because Object Subtract was turned on. I\u2019ll press <strong>Ctrl+Z<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+Z<\/strong> (Mac) a couple of times to undo those steps and add the notebooks back to the selection. <\/p>\n<p>And now watch what happens if I go back to the gear icon and turn Object Subtract off:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/turn-object-subtract-off.png\" alt=\"Turning Object Subtract off.\" width=\"233\" height=\"130\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Turning Object Subtract off.<\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ll again hold <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) and drag around the top of the notebooks above her arm. Then I\u2019ll drag around the remaining part below her arm.<\/p>\n<p>But this time, with Object Subtract turned off, Photoshop did not try to detect any objects within the selected areas. Instead, it just subtracted everything within the rectangular selections:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/remove-selection-object-subtract-off.jpg\" alt=\"The result with Object Subtract turned off.\" width=\"340\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The result with Object Subtract turned off.<\/div>\n<h3>When to turn Object Subtract off<\/h3>\n<p>So why would you ever want to turn Object Subtract off? Well, for the most part, you\u2019ll want to leave it on. But for times when Photoshop is having trouble detecting the area you're trying to remove, click the gear icon and turn Object Subtract off. Then set the tool Mode to Lasso, hold Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) on your keyboard, and manually draw a precise selection around the area to remove it.<\/p>\n<h3>Tip: How to switch to the Polygonal Lasso Tool<\/h3>\n<p>Of course, drawing a precise selection with the Lasso Tool can be a challenge. So here\u2019s how to switch from the <a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/lasso-tool\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Lasso Tool<\/a> to the much easier Polygonal Lasso Tool.<\/p>\n<h4>Start with the Lasso Tool<\/h4>\n<p>First, since we want to subtract the area from the selection, press and hold <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) on your keyboard and <strong>click with the Lasso Tool<\/strong> to set a starting point:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/set-starting-point-lasso-tool.jpg\" alt=\"Starting the selection with the Lasso Tool\" width=\"599\" height=\"402\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Holding Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) and clicking to start the selection with the Lasso Tool.<\/div>\n<h4>Switch to the Polygonal Lasso Tool<\/h4>\n<p>Then to switch to the Polygonal Lasso Tool, <strong>keep your mouse button held down<\/strong> but <strong>release the Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With your mouse button still down, <strong>press and hold Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) again<\/strong>, and <strong>release your mouse button<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bit confusing, but if you did it right, the Lasso Tool icon will switch to the Polygonal Lasso Tool icon:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/switch-to-polygonal-lasso-tool.jpg\" alt=\"Switching from the Lasso Tool to the Polygonal Lasso Tool\" width=\"597\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Switching from the Lasso Tool to the Polygonal Lasso Tool.<\/div>\n<h4>Click around the object to select it<\/h4>\n<p>Then with the <a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/polygonal-lasso-tool\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Polygonal Lasso Tool<\/a> active, keep the <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) key held down and simply click around the area you want to subtract. You\u2019ll draw the selection as a series of short, straight lines.<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019ve made my way around the bottom, right and top of the notebooks just by clicking along the edges:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/drawing-with-polygonal-lasso-tool.jpg\" alt=\"Clicking with the Polygonal Lasso Tool along the edges of the object to select it.\" width=\"599\" height=\"402\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking with the Polygonal Lasso Tool along the edges of the object.<\/div>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve made your way back to the starting point, release the Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) key to complete the selection:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/top-of-notebooks-manually-deselected.jpg\" alt=\"Releasing the Alt or Option key to complete the selection.\" width=\"599\" height=\"402\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Releasing the Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) key to complete the selection.<\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ll do the same thing with the bottom part of the notebooks, using the Polygonal Lasso Tool to easily click around the edges of the unwanted area:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/subtracting-bottom-of-notebooks.jpg\" alt=\"Clicking along the edges to subtract the area from the selection.\" width=\"786\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking along the edges to subtract the area from the selection.<\/div>\n<p>Then back at the starting point, I\u2019ll release my Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) key to complete the selection:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/bottom-of-notebooks-subtracted.jpg\" alt=\"Releasing the Alt or Option key to complete the selection..\" width=\"786\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Completing the selection.<\/div>\n<p>And now both parts of the notebooks (above and below her arms) have been subtracted:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/notebooks-deselected-manually.jpg\" alt=\"The notebooks have been manually subtracted from the selection\" width=\"378\" height=\"553\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The notebooks have been manually subtracted from the selection.<\/div>\n<h3>Remember to turn Object Subtract back on<\/h3>\n<p>After manually subtracted the area from the selection, be sure to go back to the Options Bar, click the gear icon, and turn Object Subtract back on so you don\u2019t get unexpected behavior the next time you use it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/turn-object-subtract-back-on.png\" alt=\"Turning Object Subtract back on in Photoshop\" width=\"230\" height=\"149\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Turning Object Subtract back on.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<h3>Refining the selection with Select and Mask<\/h3>\n<p>Once you have completed your selection, you\u2019ll usually need to refine it and clean up any rough edges by switching over to Photoshop\u2019s <strong>Select and Mask<\/strong> workspace. And with the Object Selection Tool active, you can get to it by clicking the Select and Mask button in the Options Bar.<\/p>\n<p>But since Select and Mask is a big topic, I\u2019ll cover it in a separate tutorial. Instead, I\u2019m going to use the Object Selection Tool to create a simple Black and White effect, which we\u2019ll finish up with next:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/select-and-mask-button.png\" alt=\"The Select and Mask button in Photoshop's Options Bar\" width=\"446\" height=\"116\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Select and Mask button in the Options Bar.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Creating a simple Color + Black and White effect<\/h2>\n<p>What I want to do is use the Object Selection Tool to select a couple of people in my image, leave them in color, and turn the rest of the image to black and white.<\/p>\n<h3>Making the selection<\/h3>\n<p>So with the Object Selection Tool active and Object Finder turned on, I\u2019ll click on the woman on the left to select her. Then I\u2019ll hold <strong>Shift<\/strong> and I\u2019ll click on the woman on the right to add her to the selection:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/select-two-people.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting two people in the image with the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop\" width=\"804\" height=\"411\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting two people in the image with the Object Selection Tool.<\/div>\n<h3>Inverting the selection<\/h3>\n<p>I have the two people selected, but what I really need is for everything else in the image to be selected, which means I need to invert my selection. To do that, I\u2019ll go up to the <strong>Select<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar and I\u2019ll choose <strong>Inverse<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/select-inverse.png\" alt=\"Choosing the Inverse command from Photoshop's Select menu\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Going to Select &gt; Inverse.<\/div>\n<h3>Adding a Black and White adjustment layer<\/h3>\n<p>Then with the selection inverted, I\u2019ll add a Black and White adjustment layer by going up to the <strong>Layer<\/strong> menu, choosing N<strong>ew Adjustment Layer<\/strong>, and then <strong>Black &amp; White<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/add-black-white-adjustment-layer.png\" alt=\"Adding a Black and White adjustment layer in Photoshop\" width=\"195\" height=\"164\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Going to Layer &gt; New Adjustment Layer &gt; Black &amp; White<\/div>\n<p>When the New Layer dialog box pops up, I\u2019ll click OK to close it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/new-layer-dialog-box.png\" alt=\"Closing the New Layer dialog box\" width=\"485\" height=\"185\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Closing the New Layer dialog box.<\/div>\n<p>And Photoshop instantly turns my selected area to black and white while leaving the two people I initially selected in color:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2022\/object-selection-tool\/color-black-white-effect.jpg\" alt=\"The image is converted to black and white except for the two people initially selected with the Object Selection Tool\" width=\"804\" height=\"456\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image is converted to black and white except for the two people initially selected.<\/div>\n<h3>The selection was converted to a layer mask<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, if we  take a quick look in the <strong>Layers panel<\/strong>, we see that Photoshop added the Black &amp; White adjustment layer above my image. 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