1. 6 Shortcuts
- CTRL A = Selects everything/highlights it
- CTRL C = COPIES SOMETHING
- CTRL V = PASTES WHAT YOU COPIED
- CTRL ALT AND DRAG = DUPLICATES A LAYER
- SHIFT CTRL N = NEW LAYER
- CTRL T = TRANSFORM TOOL FOR CROPPING AND ROTATING
2. Octopus
1. In order to remove the background from the octopus, I first selected the octopus with the tool with the quick selection tool [W].
2. Then I right click the outlined image with my mouse, and clicked on the option 'Layer Via Cut' That option will make a new layer of what you outlined. After that I just deleted the original photo, and was left with the layer of my outlined copy.
3. I used the Eraser Tool [E] to zoom in on the pixels and erase the unnecessary parts, like the tree/branches, to make it look cleaner.
4. After that I had to do 'Layer Via Cut' again but this time for, the octopus legs because they were apart from each other, so I used that to transform [CTRL T] each leg onto the octopus.
5. Final step to make it look a bit more cleaner, I used the eyedrop tool [I] to copy the color on the octopus, then I used the brush tool [B] to paste that color where I needed.
