Focus Area Selection - One more reason to get CC 2014

Dang, just read about this in Tim Grey's daily email. I hadn't had time to look at any videos about all the new stuff that was added in CC 2014, but dang, this is a great tool @Pretzel, it makes those Invisible Man shots a piece of cake - or at least a heck of a lot easier. And if you like to add a bit more bokeh to your background, I went from this...



...to this...



...in under a minute (and could have made it seem perfect in under 2).

Here's a quick tutorial that will have you moving folks everywhere at the drop of a hat.

And here's one that's rather annoying (as PHLEARN stuff usually is), but it goes into more detail on the refinements, and it made me aware of Content Aware Scale, which is something I'd never used before.

SWEET! More to learn; I dig it!! Sad thing is, I'm seeing this post at the START of my work day, so now I'll be itching to view the vids and mess around with PS CC ALL. DAY. LONG.

Thanks. *snark goes here*

Great Thanks Jake, going to be very useful.

Never used any editing software but should be getting PS soon, this looks so straight forward but with nice results. Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks Jake, nice features that I might use one of these days. It sure is a huge improvement since the old hairbrush retouching that I've had to work with in the not so recent past.

It takes some getting used to, and I haven't done that yet, and like anything in PS it works better with the images they use in the examples and not as well in real world examples with lots of business. But as you said, it's still easier than the old way.