Junior Cutout Workflow

Junior Cutout Workflow in Adobe Photoshop — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

No rush, but the catalog lead wants a workflow that juniors can follow for consistent cut-outs.

1 ready prompt

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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The catalog lead wants a reusable approach to lift products from busy backgrounds so the team can…
The catalog lead wants a reusable approach to lift products from busy backgrounds so the team can repurpose images across layouts. I'm deciding how much time to allocate to precise hairline edges versus acceptable soft edges for small thumbnails. Suggest the decision rule that tells juniors when to accept a soft alpha and when to escalate to a full manual path, and a single QC check to catch the common failure.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Graphic DesignerAdobe Photoshop

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