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photoshar416
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November 7, 2021

P: Objection Selection Tool doesn't work correctly, selects a lot of area/box around the subject

  • November 7, 2021
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PS 2022 Object Selection Tool is not working.  It just puts a blue highlighted box over the subject.  I have many different photos and the same thing happens every time.

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    drsagariyer
    drsagariyer
    Participant
    November 16, 2021

    Ever since I've installed Photoshop on my new M1 Pro Macbook Pro (Version 23.0.0), I've been unable to detect subjects. Or when it does, oit selects a large amount of background around the subject as well. 

    I never have bben able to find any object in any photo using the Object finder tool.

    I don't know what is going wrong.

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    J453
    Legend
    November 16, 2021

    Can you post a screenshot with your layers panel showing, as well as a screen shot of the result where there's "a large amount of background around the subject"?

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    J453
    Legend
    November 14, 2021

    Were you able to get this resolved? If not, It may help if we could see your Photoshop System Info. Launch Photoshop, and select Help >System Info...and copy/paste the text in a reply.

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    photoshar416Author
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    November 8, 2021
    I have tried both suggestions and still get the same results. I may have
    to call support tomorrow and see what they say.

    Thanks for your help!
    KR Seals
    Community Expert
    KR SealsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 8, 2021

    The first thing I would try is to reset the PS preferences. You can do that in the menu: Preferences, General click on the Reset Preferences button.

    Otherwise, I would try uninstall and reinstall PS. 

    Ken Seals - Nikon Z 9, Z 8, 14mm-800mm. Computer Win 11 Pro, I7-14700K, 64GB, RTX3070TI. Travel machine: 2021 MacBook Pro M1 MAX 64GB. All Adobe apps.
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    photoshar416Author
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    November 8, 2021

    Here is the photo of my problem with the Object Selection Tool.  I have Adobe Photoshop Version: 23.0.0.  My Windows version is 10.0.19043, I have 16 GB of RAM, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 1.99 GHz and a 64-bit operating system.  I hope this is enough information.  I have not received any error messages, just cannot get it to select a subject when hovering over the picture like I see in all the examples.  Not sure what I am doing wrong.  Thank you!

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      photoshar416Author
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      November 8, 2021
      Hi, thank you for your input. I have Windows 10 also and I made sure it is
      updated. I have hovered over the subject and clicked on it and it selects
      the entire picture.
      KR Seals
      Community Expert
      KR SealsCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 7, 2021

      It's working ok here for me on Win 10. When you hover over a subject and get the blue overlay, do you click in that area to select it?

      Please post the information in this list:

      Ken Seals - Nikon Z 9, Z 8, 14mm-800mm. Computer Win 11 Pro, I7-14700K, 64GB, RTX3070TI. Travel machine: 2021 MacBook Pro M1 MAX 64GB. All Adobe apps.
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