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Junior Cutout Workflow

The catalog lead wants a reusable approach to lift products from busy backgrounds so the team can repurpose images acr…

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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.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Photoshop — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.