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I want to separate an object from a background in order to create a composite and I can't find the Extract command.

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Mark Wheeler (Photoshop Content Lead) August 23, 2011 21:58

This blog post links to several helpful tutorials that provide visual walkthroughs:

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Jeffrey Tranberry (Chief Customer Advocate) March 25, 2011 11:19

The Extract plug-in was replaced by the non-destructuve "Refine Edge" technology in Photoshop CS5.

Advanced Masking with Photoshop CS5 - with Russell Brown

Using Improved Selecting and Masking - with Jan Kabili

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Jeffrey Tranberry (Chief Customer Advocate) March 25, 2011 11:19

The Extract plug-in was replaced by the non-destructuve "Refine Edge" technology in Photoshop CS5.

Advanced Masking with Photoshop CS5 - with Russell Brown

Using Improved Selecting and Masking - with Jan Kabili

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Refine Edge - Help Topic

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The Extract plug-in was replaced by the non-destructuve "Refine Edge" technology in Photoshop CS5. <a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-russell-brown-show/advanced-masking-with-photoshop-cs5/">Advanced Masking with Photoshop CS5</a> - with Russell Brown <a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs5/using-improved-selecting-and-masking/">Using Improved Selecting and Masking</a> - with Jan Kabili Additional Resources <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS9C5407FF-2787-400b-9930-FF44266E9168a.html">Refine Edge - Help Topic</a>

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tom upton April 22, 2011 04:21

I miss the extract tool too. I loved that thing. I have watched Chris Orwig, Matt Koslowski, Martin Evening and others explain the refine edge tool and I still do not get it. I think this may be over-engineered or the right person has not been able to articulate it on video as of yet. I'll keep tryin', so many objects to isolate, SO little time...
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- Anthony Cotton December 16, 2011 11:45
  
  If you are looking for the Extract Tool forget it. Adobe removed it because it was getting lots of complaints i think. It`s in CS4 Photoshop,because i have got the two. I am in the same boat as you i to am looking for a good tutorial on the Refine Edge Tool. I know what you mean when you say SO little time. I am 63 yrs old and what annoys me is these video`s,with some of the names you have mentioned slavering on with things that has got nothing to do with the topic.
  One tutor was trying to tell you how to pronounce Wacom,that wasted about 5 minutes of video.
  
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- tom upton December 16, 2011 13:29
  
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  I hear you man! I bit the bullet and bought Matt's "famous" book on composting. (I have a small how-to book addiction)...hoping the first few chapters will illuminate the refine edge tool for me. I say the first few chapters because the rest of the book is overstuffed with filler of here's my cool composites ad-infinitum. Typical Kelby padding the 24 hour photoshop hype cycle. Plus the book while printed domestically is printed on really thin paper and the ink bleeds through, so the color is whacked. They must be really bummed....Anyway heres to hoping Matt can shed some light on m inability to bond with the Re-Find the Edge tool.
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- Mark Reynolds January 24, 2012 21:14
  
  The Extract tool was just a bad idea in the first place. Poor masking, poor dialog based implementation. It was the kind of feature dreamed up by someone with no in depth knowledge of Photoshop. Who as a result most probably shouldn't have been employed at Adobe in the fist place.
  
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- tom upton January 24, 2012 21:29
  
  I will tell Chris Cox that next Photoshop Users meeting at Adobe. Gosh, I must have very low standards for my masking, I liked the Extract tool. The general consensus is the new tools in CS5 are a vast improvement. I am encouraged, tell me mark, moving forward, aside from the inexcusable failings of some engineers on the CS3 team, how would approach coaching some one who is having trouble with the new refine mask tool??
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I miss the extract tool too. I loved that thing. I have watched Chris Orwig, Matt Koslowski, Martin Evening and others explain the refine edge tool and I still do not get it. I think this may be over-engineered or the right person has not been able to articulate it on video as of yet. I'll keep tryin', so many objects to isolate, SO little time... TEU<a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/satisfaction-production/s3_images/474997/Pointy_Tom_sm.jpg"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/satisfaction-production/s3_images/474997/Pointy_Tom_sm_inline.jpg" alt="" /></a>

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Michael Davis June 02, 2011 13:05

I've tried many times but have been unable to work as efficiently with Refine Edge on the typical masking work done here. I too have watched the videos, and given it my best shot. If only we could still have it available to use in PS CS5.

I think the main place where Refine Edge falls down for me is being unable to guide the small decision "crossroads" that probably only a human can do.

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I've tried many times but have been unable to work as efficiently with Refine Edge on the typical masking work done here. I too have watched the videos, and given it my best shot. If only we could still have it available to use in PS CS5. I think the main place where Refine Edge falls down for me is being unable to guide the small decision "crossroads" that probably only a human can do.

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Hector Casanova July 07, 2011 21:18

I have tried the Refine Edges filter and am still unimpressed. The Extract filter was far from perfect, but it was very precise, especially if you use do touch-ups with the History brush after using it. I found a link with information on how to copy it to CS5 from CS3.

http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/1726...

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I have tried the Refine Edges filter and am still unimpressed. The Extract filter was far from perfect, but it was very precise, especially if you use do touch-ups with the History brush after using it. I found a link with information on how to copy it to CS5 from CS3. http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/1726-how-to-install-the-extract-filter-in-photoshop-cs5/

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Michael Davis July 11, 2011 18:01

Thanks, Hector. I did have my hopes up, but already had no luck trying to successfully load the old plug-in to PS CS5 on Mac 10.6.8 under 32 or 64 bit PS. Unfortunately there's no special trick revealed in the OReilly post.

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Thanks, Hector. I did have my hopes up, but already had no luck trying to successfully load the old plug-in to PS CS5 on Mac 10.6.8 under 32 or 64 bit PS. Unfortunately there's no special trick revealed in the OReilly post.

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tom upton July 11, 2011 18:49

When I use the Refine edge or the refine mask, the new touted tools for detailed extractions, I am universally confronted by the universal NO symbols, the circles with the slashes through them. What stupid thing am I doing? 16 bit instead of 8 bit? How do I get the circles to go away and the refine edge tool to work as advertised?
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When I use the Refine edge or the refine mask, the new touted tools for detailed extractions, I am universally confronted by the universal NO symbols, the circles with the slashes through them. What stupid thing am I doing? 16 bit instead of 8 bit? How do I get the circles to go away and the refine edge tool to work as advertised? Tom

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Meredith Payne Stotzner (Employee) July 12, 2011 23:23

I had used Extract previously, but I *love* the Refine Edge dialog in comparison. If I can't find a good tutorial video, perhaps I'll record my own little demo...

Tom, would you please take a screenshot of the entire Photoshop application window when these "NO" circles appear?
(Mac: Cmd+Shift+3 Win: Print Screen keyboard, File > New > Paste)

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  Meredith...PLEASE record that little video. I find the refine edge tool so counter-intuitive that it makes me want to scream. I m willing for it to be user error but it is still really complex with its contingencies. Please share the love with me.
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I had used Extract previously, but I *love* the Refine Edge dialog in comparison. If I can't find a good tutorial video, perhaps I'll record my own little demo... Tom, would you please take a screenshot of the entire Photoshop application window when these "NO" circles appear? (Mac: Cmd+Shift+3 Win: Print Screen keyboard, File > New > Paste) You could add it here as an image. Thanks! Meredith

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Mark Wheeler (Photoshop Content Lead) August 23, 2011 21:58

This blog post links to several helpful tutorials that provide visual walkthroughs:

http://blogs.adobe.com/phosphors/2011...

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Photoshop FAQ (Official Rep) November 12, 2011 22:24

Dear Adobe Gripe #13370 & #11824

"I liked the extract tool, please come back."

"Where's Extract!"

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<a href="http://www.dearadobe.com/?id=13370">Dear Adobe Gripe #13370</a> & <a href="http://www.dearadobe.com/?id=11824">#11824</a> "I liked the extract tool, please come back." "Where's Extract!"

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marek.detko December 21, 2011 09:37

How to install the extract filter in photoshop cs5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPOdn5...

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How to install the extract filter in photoshop cs5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPOdn5RcOck&list=PLF75A276EB2E3EE1E&context=C30fd46eADOEgsToPDskIwI_5TDIRKTE9-VKRDHRnw

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Albert Carlson April 10, 2012 01:55

I like doing extractions, most of what I photograph is motorcycles and other stuff that is in a busy background, there's just some stuff you can't do in a controlled inviroment. In my opinion CS5 sucks at doing extractions. With the old extraction fiter I was able to do a good job with motorcycles, including the spokes! There's no way with CS5 you can do spokes. Please come up with something. Is there a plug-in that I can buy from anywhere?

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I like doing extractions, most of what I photograph is motorcycles and other stuff that is in a busy background, there's just some stuff you can't do in a controlled inviroment. In my opinion CS5 sucks at doing extractions. With the old extraction fiter I was able to do a good job with motorcycles, including the spokes! There's no way with CS5 you can do spokes. Please come up with something. Is there a plug-in that I can buy from anywhere? This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a class='notranslate' href="/photoshop_family/topics/extractions/changes" target="_blank">Extractions</a>.

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