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I use quick mask to select my main subject, create a new layer mask, and then add blur, to make my main subject stand out.
I have recently upgraded to CC2019, from CS6. Big jump, I know. In CS6 quick mask selection, it has always kept a hard edge, unless I add feathering via the slider, which prevented hazing between the main subject and the background.
PS 2019, with the same settings ( Feather 0%, Contrast 100%, Hard Brush 100% ) always feathers, no matter what I do! I use the quick mask for almost all my images and the problem is very frustrating.
Am I missing a key point somewhere? I don't understand why everything I select is always feathered when feathering is not on. Please help! Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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Which technique you are using in Quick Mask mode? Painting with Brush? Perhaps your brush has soft edges which are retained when converting to selection.
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I think you are talking about a tool, namely Quick Selection Tool, as described.
Quick Mask is a View Mode, that allows editing using paint tools..
I think I understand the situation, if you are assured the tool has 100% hardness, but it does not work correctly:
1. Reset Tool or All tools (icon tool at left)
2. Reset Preferences (Restart Photoshop while holding Ctrl/Cmd+Alt+Shift
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I did all those but whenever I use quick selection or lasso tool it always feathers like 3 pixel in and out even though hardness is set to 0 and anti-aliasing is off. However when I do a rectangular selection it's absolutely perfect without any feathering whatsoever. I don't recall it doing this in the past but for some reason it does now ! Please help me !!
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Reset the Tools.
Select each tool that it's feathering and in the left end of the Control bar on top, right to its icon there is a menu to Reset that tool.
Please try this.
Namely, for Quick Selection tool in the Size menu, check that Hardness is set to 100%.
For the lasso Tool, which uses a Feather value on the Control bar, check is 0px
Or else reset the Preferences of Photoshop if that does not work.
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Thanks for trying to help ! It improved the situation but didn't solved the issue, anything else that I can try ?
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I'm still having the same issue. Would love to know if you have found any solution.
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This link might be helpful: https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/76610/photoshop-feathers-selections-even-though-i-...
Go to "Refine Edge" or "Select and Mask" and increase "Contrast" to 100.