◆ Photoshop · cut out

Extract Character

Isolate the photographed character by using automatic subject selection, refine and apply a layer mask so the figure s…

2heights
2tasks
1roles do it
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The same job, four heights

do it · improve it · decide · become
AExecute — “help me do it”Isolate the photographed character by using automatic subject selection, refine and apply a…+
Isolate the photographed character by using automatic subject selection, refine and apply a layer mask so the figure sits on its own layer, and save as a masked PNG for compositing into the new scene.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Deliver a clean cut-out the art director can drop in — run automatic subject select, refine…+
Deliver a clean cut-out the art director can drop in — run automatic subject select, refine mask edges on hair and clothing, add a 1–2 pixel feather plus a thin matte choke to avoid halos, and provide the result as a masked PSD and flattened PNG with the original filename.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

1 of them
Lift a character off its photo background so I can place it into a new scene.

Who does this

1 roles
Illustrator / Digital Artist

Questions people ask

honest answers

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.