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===Once you have a good selection, Refine the Edge===
 
===Once you have a good selection, Refine the Edge===

Revision as of 11:12, 17 May 2013

Select the object you want to isolate form its background

  1. Choose the Quick Selection tool PS-quick-selection-tool.png
  2. Adjust the brush diameter (keyboard shortcut: [ to make smaller ] to make larger).
    Once selection is made, choose Refine Edge...
    • Note the + in the center of the brush, you will be adding to the selection
    • Hold down the Option key to remove areas from the selection
Choose the View Mode
Adjust the Edge setting and Decontaminate Colors
New Layer with layer mask is created

Once you have a good selection, Refine the Edge

  1. Choose the Refine Edge... button at the top in the Quick Selection Tool Properties
  2. From the View Mode drop-down choose the background color that works best for your image
  3. Adjust the Edge parameters: Smooth, Feather, Contrast, try different sliders to see what works best for your image
  4. If there are parts of the selection that need more help you can refine the edge by dragging the cursor of that part of the image
  5. Check the Decontaminate Colors checkbox (this does a good job of further remove background pixels
  6. Set the Output to:, recommended is New Layer with Layer Mask
  7. Click OK