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November 18, 2025

Bug on subject selection and remove background v.27.0

  • November 18, 2025
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Hello,

I started using the new photoshop version 27.0 and noticed some really annoying problems while using the "subject select (SS)" and "remove background(RB)" features from the taskbar, in some instances it just doesn't recognize images at all, images that it had no problem working on the previous version.

At first I thought this was a problem after i rasterized the image, as soon as I imported and used SS or RB on the smart object it worked as expected. But if i rasterized the same image and then tried to use the same features, photoshop would select the outer bounds of the image imported.

But after trying again on both smart objects and rasterized images i realized that the same thing happened with both types of layers.
I also thought this might have been a problem with images generated with firefly, but again, i had the same problem with photos and other files that were not ai generated. 
Here is an example of the weird selection it made on non-generated image as a smart object layer, i used both SS and RB and then created a mask. Also an example of a image that it only selected the outer bounds when using SS and RB.

After working on the same project in different PS versions this was very weird since it wasn't happening on the previous versions only in v27

4 replies

Participant
September 17, 2026

I'm experiencing this issue too! have tried changing between “cloud or device”, does not seem to fix it! everything I have tried has not helped to solve this issue. Are you still experiencing it?

Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 17, 2026

Hi ​@claire_4596 

 

Apologies for the error. To help us investigate this further, could you please provide a few additional details?

  • Which OS and version of Photoshop are you currently using?
  • Could you share a short screen recording showing your workflow and the issue you’re encountering?
  • Does the issue occur only with a specific file, or does it happen with all files?
  • If the issue is specific to a particular file, could you please share a sample file with us so we can test it on our end?

These details will help us better understand the issue and troubleshoot it further.

Thanks, Srishti Bali | Community & Engagement Strategist, Digital Imaging | Adobe
Participant
November 18, 2025

Yeah, I have cloud enabled. I also never got a message saying it couldn't find a subject, it just selected in a weird way.

Ged_Traynor
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 18, 2025

@LokoPost25629671z1yq what setting are you using in the preferences, cloud or device, I was getting this when I had device selected, changing it to cloud seems to work though

With device option enabled

With the cloud option enabled