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ril3ydx
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February 13, 2026
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P: Improve Select Subject to use the "select people" without detecting a face

  • February 13, 2026
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The “select people” is great, it’s amazing, because you can automate the selection of clothes, shoes, accessories and things like that… 

However, it only works if PS finds a face first…

Sometimes, users need to use that tool but the photo is cropped and not showing a face, so it won’t detect any face, therefore not showing those options, “but they’re there”…

People consider allowing us to select those things even if Photoshop didn’t detect a face first

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      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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      February 20, 2026

      Interesting problem. 

      I can understand the »head« being used as a kind of primary identifier of a person in an image. 

      And I have no idea how difficult it would be to amend this approach, so I am not terribly optimistic on it being remedied in a timely fashion. 

       

      How frequently do you face the issue? 

      As a work-around one could use Generative Fill to have it create a head, which it might be possible to automate somewhat. 

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      ril3ydxAuthor
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      February 20, 2026

      And I have no idea how difficult it would be to amend this approach, so I am not terribly optimistic on it being remedied in a timely fashion. 

      Well, it already needs to “find” the clothes, shoes and all, the head is only the first activator, let’s’ say, i think they would just need to add a button or lemme select them without detecting the face, it won’t change much
       

      As a work-around one could use Generative Fill to have it create a head, which it might be possible to automate somewhat. 
       

      That doesnt make a lot of sense

       

      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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      February 20, 2026

      First off I forgot to mention that I can reproduce the issue, but that’s no surprise. 

       

      Well, it already needs to “find” the clothes, shoes and all, the head is only the first activator, let’s’ say, i think they would just need to add a button or lemme select them without detecting the face, it won’t change much

      I am not sure how the algorithm actually works – I imagine it might be possible that it determines »head« and expands the »search-area« to determine the identifiable areas from there. 

      Otherwise a T-shirt the floor might also qualify as a person (just missing certain parts).

       

      That doesnt make a lot of sense

      I suppose it depends on how frequently the problem arises and how quick one is in masking the intended areas by hand oneself. 

      And as a work-around it would probably need manual input anyway. 

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