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cyberwasp
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June 28, 2016
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Select and mask bug

  • June 28, 2016
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Have been trying to figure out how to use the new "select and mask" tool. However it seem like after I use the select tool and go to the refine edge it deselects what has been selected by the marching ants. I've been following other users who have been in contact with adobe staff in order to get it figured out of which the report they have amd and NVidia video cards with updated drivers.  If I place my Gpu in anything but disabled, Photoshop crashes causing me to terminate the program. If I disable the GPU in Photoshop it will not crash but will not allow a clean selection like it's 2015 predecessor. I'm attaching 2 pictures showing Before/after the 2015.5 refine tool. I hope this helps adobe.

Before you ask, this happens on a higher quality photo also.

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    Correct answer cyberwasp

    I also am having similar issues with Select & Mask. AMD video card configuration as well. Hopefully a solution is found soon.

    My system configuration:

    Mac Pro (late 2013)
    3 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5
    64GB RAM
    AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB


    The old refine edge still exist. it can be reached by opening the select menu, then click select and mask while holding down the shift key.

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    craigf18329487
    craigf18329487
    Participant
    July 3, 2016

    I have been having the same issue. for some reason anytime I use the brush to try and refine my edges, it randomly gets rid of part of my picture that I needed selected, and even if I paint them back, I cant get a refined edge for the life of me. I used to use this feature almost daily, and now my entire workflow has been disrupted. after 20 minutes this seems to be the best I can get at refining these edges, which in my opinion, is quite shotty, and certainly pissing me off as this project is due soon. Worst case can anyone show me a way to redownload a previous version of cc? If this is what hppens to my high quality shots, I'd hate to see what happens to my older stuff.

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      Spitfire CH87
      Spitfire CH87
      Participating Frequently
      July 2, 2016

      I hope we will get back refine edge. It was ten times faster and easier. And my AMD driver crashes all the time when using select and mask...

        photostephen
        photostephen
        Participating Frequently
        July 2, 2016

        Using the Select and Mask is VERY Frustrating.  The Quick Select brush works, but the Refine Edge brush either does nothing, or just randomly picks parts of the image, often not near where I am painting.

        The result I get with the Refine Edge brush is worse than if I just used a 50% spray brush on the entire image.

        I miss the old Refine Edge tool, at least it works!!!

          Terri Stevens
          Terri Stevens
          Legend
          June 28, 2016

          Hello,

          I think I agree with the emerging consensus that Select and Mask is not as friendly as Refine Edge and have seen the deletion effect now as well, but I'm not convinced this is a bug. They have clearly radically changed the algorithm, but they have also incorporated the paintbrush tool so you can paint back deleted regions, so Adobe must expect deletion. If you have used Remask which is probably the best of the masking plugins you will know that it also deletes parts of the selection and has a 'magic mask ' tool for repairing the selection. Its implemented is far more sophisticated than Photoshop, but does appear to be using the same principle as Select and Mask to some degree.

          I am wondering if Adobe has tested this feature on a very high end set of machines as to me it seems not to work in real time.Its ever so easy to be using the refine brush before the last brush stroke has updated the screen. I find it works but only if I take things very slowly.

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