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We're sorry to see that the "select subject" feature is not working for you. Can you check with a different photo with a contrasting background? What is your system specification?
Please try disabling OpenCL but leave GPU preference on?
We're sorry to see that the "select subject" feature is not working for you. Can you check with a different photo with a contrasting background? What is your system specification?
Still the same effect. Selection is all over the place.
See the attached image for system information.
Please try disabling OpenCL but leave GPU preference on? No change.
We understand your concern. Currently, the issue is under the known issues of Photoshop on M1-based machines. It's under investigation, please stay tuned for any updates on this.
I have this issue. New Mac Studio M1 Max, Photoshop 23.3.2.
I tried deselecting 'Use Open CL' and still get the issue - see attached.
I have used the select subject feature hundreds of times on similar images on an Intel Mac Mini to great effect. I would expect to do a bit of work around the trainers where the contrast is lower. See the screenshot... it has failed to select the model's head, and hasn't done a good job on the arm and trousers. I rely on this feature professionally and this is going to slow down my workflow immensely. Not acceptable, given this has been a known issue since January?
When will this be fixed? When will we get a high performance app for the M1 chips?
Just wondering if there was an update to this issue. Subject selection worked great on my Macbook Pro 2018, but I just purchased a 2021 Macbook Pro with M1 Max and it doesn't work correctly in Photoshop or Camera Raw. Thanks in advance
We understand your concern, and we always want to share a good experience with the users.
Currently, mac M1 machines are seeing some issues. However, things work smoothly with Rosetta emulation mode. have you tried that option? If not, please try using Rosetta.
To learn how to run Photoshop in Rosetta, see About Rosetta.
I was struggling with the same issues. I tried everything until I get the 23.3.0 version with the same problem. So, I did the opposite. I disable the rosetta option. It works.
Then I try to enable the OpenCL and it's ok. So, version 23.3.0 on MacMini M1 16Gb, OpenCL enable, Rosetta disable. Subject Selection working fine in the same photo.
this is the exact issue im having. Wokred great on my intel based mac but now witht the M1 chip its unsuable. Also if you take the same image and open it in camera raw bridge you will get a differnt result than if you opne the same image in Photoshop and then "shift+cammand+a" and try it in camera raw via photoshop. niether one is good compared to the intel based MacBook Pro.
I'm having the same issue, using 23.3.1 on an M1 Max. Select Subject chooses basically random stuff. Lightroom will perfectly select the subject in the very same images. In looking, there seems to be a TON of peoplewith this issue.
It seems to be fixed now for me now in 23.3.2, but I'm not sure if it is the update or my settings. I did fiddle with my performamce settings a bit. See the included image for settings.
Tried different settings and despite PS 70% of the times manags to select the correct portion of the image, the selection is never smooth, it does random stuff that it never did before, it's also much slower than a 6core i9.
And this is not down to settings as I use the same setting on both machine Intel and Apple Silicon. Results are completely different and much better on Intel...yet
Hopefully we'll see this improved over the next updates
I'm having the same problem. Brand new M1 Mac Studio, coming from a 2013 Mac Pro with the crappy graphics card. Random selections when hitting Select Subject. If I use the Lasso to do the Object Finder thing, I get expected results though. If I use Select Subject while in Select & Mask, I get the error, "Couldn't find a subject to seilect. There might not be prominent objects to select." That is nonsense since its a portrait of a dark-skinned person wearing a black jersey on a very light gray background.
Did you migrate from your old mac to the new one with migration assistant? as if this is the case you must have imported the intel version of PS.
I realised this was causing me the issue, so i have unistalled PS and re-installed the latest version (also, make sure when you do cmd+i on the PS icon it says "universal" and not "intel")
Since i have done so the select subject starts to run very smooth, quickly and precisely.
Absolute star! Thanks so much for posting this. I did exactly that - migrated over from my old intel Mac Mini.
I just re-installed and now have the "universal" app, tested select subject, and it now works just as it used to.
I would add, since effecting losing select subject I have discovered the object selection tool, which is also brilliant for making and refining selections quickly.
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