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October 1, 2019
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Select and Mask - Decontaminate Color

  • October 1, 2019
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Please please please add the Decontaminate Color check box back to Photoshop, in the Select and Mask selection. tool.

The Decontaminate Color option is vital to my workflow of cutting out people, especially at the shoulder and hair areas of an image. This tool was at it's best at 2015 photoshop and 2017. This tool is not avaliable in 2019. I am concerned that 2017 will soon go away and this tool will loose it's usefulness. The ability to change the views is great too and not there in 2019.
Please return the Select and Mask tool to the level it was at 2015&2017 and the tool will be perfect. I feel that the 2019 Select and Mask is not useable to it's best potiental.

     Ron Acord - Professional Photographer

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    Gevanni
    Gevanni
    Participating Frequently
    November 10, 2022

    Do you get tool behavior like this?


    If so, just disable "Use Graphics Processor" or "Use OpenCL" in the Preferences>Performance...

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    jane-eCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 17, 2021
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    Please please please add the Decontaminate Color check box back to Photoshop, in the Select and Mask selection. tool. ... This tool is not avaliable in 2019.

    By @rona46503049

     

    Hi Ron,

    If you don't see Decontaminate in CC 2019, then use the scroll bars to navigate to the bottom of the Select and Mask Workspace. Expand "Output Settings" if necessary.

     

     

     

    I agree with Dave about the use of Decontaminate Colors. You might try his method.

     

    ~ Jane

      JJMack
      Community Expert
      JJMackCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 17, 2021

      It is in CC 2019.  In the menu Select  press and hold the Shift key then click on Select and Mask to open Refine Edge Mask which is still in Photoshop.

      JJMack
      Kukurykus
      Kukurykus
      Legend
      July 17, 2021

      Oct 02, 2019

      davescm
      Community Expert
      davescmCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 1, 2019

      Sorry, as Earth Oliver spotted, you actually are in the Select and Mask workspace , but the panels are not normal. Try going to the top right and resetting the Select and Mask workspace.


      Dave

        davescm
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        davescmCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 1, 2019

        Hi

        Decontaminate colours is still there in v20.0.6 on Windows 10

         

        Your last screenshot does not show your Select and Mask workspace

        Dave

        davescm
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        davescmCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 1, 2019

        All that said, decontaminate colours is horrible and destructive. A much more controlled, and non-destructive, way is to add a new layer, clipped to the masked layer - set it to colour blend mode and brush with colour picked up from the image by Alt clicking

          Kukurykus
          Kukurykus
          Legend
          July 17, 2021

          I also noticed decontaminate gives bad effect. I tried to do it the way you described but I think I failed. Could you please explain it a bit better? Is the new layer just empty layer or duplicate of bottom layer clipped to that bottom layer that uses the user mask made from selection? Then the blend mode of top layer you change to colour? I also don't understand what you mean in the last sentence "brush with colour picked up from the image by Alt clicking".

          rona46503049
          rona46503049Author
          Participant
          October 1, 2019

          Here is a screenshot of the 2019 UI I am working with, once you have your selection, then click Select & Mask.
          Sorry for the thread out of order. I could post a screenshot from the last reply. I also dont see how the layer is apply. If you hit enter, the selection just remains. I do see that you are on Refine Edge. Decontaminate Color has been on the Select and Mask unitl my current version in 2019. It may still be there, but I can not find it. Did it move?

          rona46503049
          rona46503049Author
          Participant
          October 1, 2019
          It may also be important to note that I am in Windows 10.
          Earth Oliver
          Earth Oliver
          Legend
          October 1, 2019

          It's still there, but might be hidden in the output settings dropdown thing.

           

          rona46503049
          rona46503049Author
          Participant
          October 1, 2019
          Can you confirm the Photoshop version your screenshot is from? In 2019, there are no extra settings(that I can see). If you are in 2019 please do a full screen shot for me. Two screenshots for me if it is a process to get there.
          Earth Oliver
          Earth Oliver
          Legend
          October 1, 2019

          I'm using 20.0.6 and i'm 100% certain that Decontaminate has never been removed. It's possible you have a bad installation. or perhaps your on the wrong type of layer?
          Wait, are you asking for decom inside Select and Mask or the old Refine Edge? If you want access to the old tool, you need to go Shift Key>Select>Select and Mask

           

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