Refine edge tool in PS 2021

@chipper7874did you ever discover a solution for this? This issue, maybe not your exact dilemma but something close, has dogged me for more than a year through various PS updates. I've tried resetting preferences with no luck. It worked marvelously for me once, but never since, and I feel like I've exhausted my resources.

For me, every time I attempt to use the refine edge brush (now in v. 23.1.0) on an individual's hair in a portrait photo, it appears to remove hair/pixels as opposed to revealing the additional, finer hairs. In short, it does the opposite of what is shown in this dated but relevant tutorial: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/select-mask.html

PLEASE HELP!

Hi There,

I too am experiencing very frustrating results when using the "Refine Edge Tool" in 2021 PS. I have been using photoshop/the refine edge tool for years and never had this problem until recently, it's like I never used the tool before and it does the complete opposite if what it's supposed to. Anytime I go to refine any edge, instead of creating a nice edge it smudges the mask so I then have to go in with the "brush tool" and clean everything up over and over to get the result needed. Is there anything that can be done? This is doubling my edit time and killing me, please help.

What exactly does not work? Are you sure you are using correct tool to refine edge?

Please see instructions on this page https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/select-mask.html

"the recommended settings for the brush"

Please show a screenshot that includes the edge where you are using the brush as well as the "the recommended settings" you have chosen.

~ Jane