Photoshop SOLVED Impossible Selections! (One-Click)
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Date: 2025-03-14
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polystormstudio
I've been using Photoshop for over 30 years, and in that time, I've seen many iterations of Adobe's object selection tools, often accompanied by big promises, but they frequently fell short in practice.
However, I just tried the new beta version, and I have to say (as much as I hate this term), it's absolutely mind-blowing. Part of my role is to clip high-resolution stock photos of people daily. Typically, I start with Select Subject, but I always need to spend additional time refining the selection with paths and other tools. Depending on complexity, this process can take anywhere from 10 - 30 minutes. Still a lot better than 10-20 years ago.
With this new update, it's as simple as clicking Select Subject and waiting for it to processno additional tweaking required (at least on this first image I tested). The accuracy and efficiency are... (get ready to cringe)... game-changing.
EDIT - just tried it on another image, I should say that it's not perfect, but still a helluva lot better.
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I've been using Photoshop for over 30 years, and in that time, I've seen many iterations of Adobe's object selection tools, often accompanied by big promises, but they frequently fell short in practice.
However, I just tried the new beta version, and I have to say (as much as I hate this term), it's absolutely mind-blowing. Part of my role is to clip high-resolution stock photos of people daily. Typically, I start with Select Subject, but I always need to spend additional time refining the selection with paths and other tools. Depending on complexity, this process can take anywhere from 10 - 30 minutes. Still a lot better than 10-20 years ago.
With this new update, it's as simple as clicking Select Subject and waiting for it to processno additional tweaking required (at least on this first image I tested). The accuracy and efficiency are... (get ready to cringe)... game-changing.
EDIT - just tried it on another image, I should say that it's not perfect, but still a helluva lot better.
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theonemacduff
Hmm. To be fair, I can get a similarly good selection by using Select&Mask, and holding down shift. Then I can set the perimeter, paint it out a bit, and render the edges partially transparent. Then if you have to put the subject on a new background, the transparency of the edges allows it to merge seamlessly with the background. Doesn't always work, of course, but mostly it does. And this is the older version of Select&Mask, which Photoshop almost ruined several years back. Excellent videos, though you do tend to talk faster than I can process the actions.
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Hmm. To be fair, I can get a similarly good selection by using Select&Mask, and holding down shift. Then I can set the perimeter, paint it out a bit, and render the edges partially transparent. Then if you have to put the subject on a new background, the transparency of the edges allows it to merge seamlessly with the background. Doesn't always work, of course, but mostly it does. And this is the older version of Select&Mask, which Photoshop almost ruined several years back. Excellent videos, though you do tend to talk faster than I can process the actions.
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befoafta2484
Unmesh, this is only good on white background. If we change to coloured background, there are halos and require more editing. Evoto is much far superior at this. Removing background in just a second and without halos. First I thought I don't need to buy credit anymore to use Evoto after I watched this video. Then, after tried it, I still need to go to Evoto it seems. Even Canva has a better background removal. Sigh
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Unmesh, this is only good on white background. If we change to coloured background, there are halos and require more editing. Evoto is much far superior at this. Removing background in just a second and without halos. First I thought I don't need to buy credit anymore to use Evoto after I watched this video. Then, after tried it, I still need to go to Evoto it seems. Even Canva has a better background removal. Sigh
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Mohim_Mohim
Best Feature...But Photoshop was an application but in the last few years it is getting Cloud from its application, when the cloud itself has to be given, then what is the need to give such a heavy application... Token Base (Credit) is being used to buy as many tokens as you use. Photoshop should focus more and more on OnDevice AI because the time to come is of this, otherwise it will not take time to lag behind.
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Best Feature...But Photoshop was an application but in the last few years it is getting Cloud from its application, when the cloud itself has to be given, then what is the need to give such a heavy application... Token Base (Credit) is being used to buy as many tokens as you use. Photoshop should focus more and more on OnDevice AI because the time to come is of this, otherwise it will not take time to lag behind.
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lauramarshall6376
WOW! For the past few weeks, I've been working on a nightmare of a selection process on dogs. Nothing has been working at all. I just signed up for the beta version of PS, so hopefully I'll get that so I can finally finish this project! Thank you for this. You're the first place I go for any PS videos. And I had the absolute honor of meeting you at Imaging a couple years ago, too.
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WOW! For the past few weeks, I've been working on a nightmare of a selection process on dogs. Nothing has been working at all. I just signed up for the beta version of PS, so hopefully I'll get that so I can finally finish this project! Thank you for this. You're the first place I go for any PS videos. And I had the absolute honor of meeting you at Imaging a couple years ago, too.
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jaspergoodall3206
I hope they train their AI on plants as much as they do people or animals, cos cutting out ferns takes forever! None of the selection tools will get into the interior corners. So I’m eager to try this. I wonder if the AI is integrated into the tools or is it just looking for what it thinks are subjects I hope it finds its way into the subject select tool so I can lasso what I want.
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I hope they train their AI on plants as much as they do people or animals, cos cutting out ferns takes forever! None of the selection tools will get into the interior corners. So I’m eager to try this. I wonder if the AI is integrated into the tools or is it just looking for what it thinks are subjects I hope it finds its way into the subject select tool so I can lasso what I want.
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FotomakerAcademy
A couple years ago I had to manually remove between every spoke of a classic motorcycle. It took 3 days before I could create a composite. Even using other Ps tools to make complex selections took more time than this new feature. I wish this was around back when. I've had to remove backgrounds behind complex metalwork in bridge structures too. I'll try this on those same images.
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A couple years ago I had to manually remove between every spoke of a classic motorcycle. It took 3 days before I could create a composite. Even using other Ps tools to make complex selections took more time than this new feature. I wish this was around back when. I've had to remove backgrounds behind complex metalwork in bridge structures too. I'll try this on those same images.
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Bob4golf1
This is amazing. I had an older photo the other day from a visit to one of the national parks. In the picture there were several trees whose branches overlapped each other and behind that were people. I just wanted to get rid of the people so I used the remove tool, colored over the people and BAM! the people were gone and everything else intact. I almost fell ff my chair!
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This is amazing. I had an older photo the other day from a visit to one of the national parks. In the picture there were several trees whose branches overlapped each other and behind that were people. I just wanted to get rid of the people so I used the remove tool, colored over the people and BAM! the people were gone and everything else intact. I almost fell ff my chair!
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AleWebCreate
You can see , right This is the direction we ar going to !
With just one single click we will do everything perfectly, even the most complex tasks.
Before all thisAI revolution, you had to learn many procedures to complete a task !
Next future versions of Photoshop will be just a single prompt input, to ask whatever you need and Photoshop AI will do perfectly.
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You can see , right This is the direction we ar going to !
With just one single click we will do everything perfectly, even the most complex tasks.
Before all thisAI revolution, you had to learn many procedures to complete a task !
Next future versions of Photoshop will be just a single prompt input, to ask whatever you need and Photoshop AI will do perfectly.
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PswACC
Photoshop Beta was not showing up in my Creative Cloud. I visited creative cloud page in my browser and found it. Tried installing and got an error message There was a problem installing Photoshop (Beta) Photoshop (Beta is not yet available for devices using Apple silicon.) So there we go. Missing Photoshop Beta mystery solved.
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Photoshop Beta was not showing up in my Creative Cloud. I visited creative cloud page in my browser and found it. Tried installing and got an error message There was a problem installing Photoshop (Beta) Photoshop (Beta is not yet available for devices using Apple silicon.) So there we go. Missing Photoshop Beta mystery solved.
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MademoiselleRose40
All right, removing backgrounds has been my bugbear as I am creating transparent background pngs and this really is a gamechanger. I had some postcards with flowers on them and it had become such a huge job removing the background I gave up, but using this new feature it did it perfectly. You're right, mind blown.
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All right, removing backgrounds has been my bugbear as I am creating transparent background pngs and this really is a gamechanger. I had some postcards with flowers on them and it had become such a huge job removing the background I gave up, but using this new feature it did it perfectly. You're right, mind blown.
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jameswburke
Amazing. Works best on wide-aperture photos where there is distinct subject separation, so not great for older phone pics where everything is in focus (or small aperture camera shots). This is a game-changer for e-commerce photos which have to be cut out on a white background. I've done lots of those. Very tedious work.
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Amazing. Works best on wide-aperture photos where there is distinct subject separation, so not great for older phone pics where everything is in focus (or small aperture camera shots). This is a game-changer for e-commerce photos which have to be cut out on a white background. I've done lots of those. Very tedious work.
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adventure9606
Thanks to both you and Adobe, I almost cried when I watched this as I do custom art for motorcycle riders and it will take me HOURS to cut out every little thing on a bike, it's so tedious people can't believe it until they watch me do it. This just put more pep in my step and I am excited to try it.
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Thanks to both you and Adobe, I almost cried when I watched this as I do custom art for motorcycle riders and it will take me HOURS to cut out every little thing on a bike, it's so tedious people can't believe it until they watch me do it. This just put more pep in my step and I am excited to try it.
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SunilKumar-ui9gr
First minute in the video, I thought I accidentally put it in 2x speed, bcz Umesh was speaking so fast. But then I realised that he was the one who was giddy like a kid, and I agree. It's a really good update, and selecting intricate backgrounds won't take hours anymore. Yay!
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First minute in the video, I thought I accidentally put it in 2x speed, bcz Umesh was speaking so fast. But then I realised that he was the one who was giddy like a kid, and I agree. It's a really good update, and selecting intricate backgrounds won't take hours anymore. Yay!
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KeithMer679
It would of been nice to see more varied examples. All the images you used had a out of focus depth it could caculate from to separate the subject. Would be very interesting to see how it did agaisnt like for like subjects. I'll have to give it a shot for myself.
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It would of been nice to see more varied examples. All the images you used had a out of focus depth it could caculate from to separate the subject. Would be very interesting to see how it did agaisnt like for like subjects. I'll have to give it a shot for myself.
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pawe553
Hi Unmesh! Thank You for this information! Selections were most problematic thing in Photoshop all over the years. It taken very much time while working in Photoshop. It is so revolutionary, so i also hope Adobe will don't charge for this :)
Greetings from Poland.
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Hi Unmesh! Thank You for this information! Selections were most problematic thing in Photoshop all over the years. It taken very much time while working in Photoshop. It is so revolutionary, so i also hope Adobe will don't charge for this :)
Greetings from Poland.
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ramin7
they put everything on the cloud to scam people! what if you don't have access to the Internet all of these features will be useless! these days many GPUs and CPUs are capable of doing the job if they put Ai inside the software, but that's not good for their pockets!
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they put everything on the cloud to scam people! what if you don't have access to the Internet all of these features will be useless! these days many GPUs and CPUs are capable of doing the job if they put Ai inside the software, but that's not good for their pockets!
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lionelplummer
Photoshop was always grounded in precise selections and it was always laborious.
I've been skeptical of AI but this is incredible progress... thank you for sharing these breakthroughs with us Unmesh - your videos are always so relevant and articulate.
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Photoshop was always grounded in precise selections and it was always laborious.
I've been skeptical of AI but this is incredible progress... thank you for sharing these breakthroughs with us Unmesh - your videos are always so relevant and articulate.
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BuzStringer
They are already charging us... We pay a subscription, and they constantly provide us up dates and cloud tools, that's the deal! other wise there's no benefit over buying a non-cloud feature locked version outright each year (CS6 etc.)
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They are already charging us... We pay a subscription, and they constantly provide us up dates and cloud tools, that's the deal! other wise there's no benefit over buying a non-cloud feature locked version outright each year (CS6 etc.)
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alanm.6096
It does make me laugh to see just how far Adobe has come. And with AI, it's just getting started.
Getting intended results with minimal effort...is working ! As it should.
It just helps to remove the barriers to creativity.
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It does make me laugh to see just how far Adobe has come. And with AI, it's just getting started.
Getting intended results with minimal effort...is working ! As it should.
It just helps to remove the barriers to creativity.
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