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Isolate Silhouetted Subject

I shot a silhouetted figure against a cluttered background for a feature portrait and I need that silhouette isolated …

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I shot a silhouetted figure against a cluttered background for a feature portrait and I need that silhouette isolated while preserving sharp flag detail and hair edges. I know the usual selections but want an approach that holds up at print scale. Advise whether a manual pen path plus refined mask or an advanced edge detection workflow will best preserve delicate edges, and the quality check I should run before sending to layout.
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I need to isolate a silhouetted figure for a long-form portrait that will anchor the series

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