The Properties Panel has
been improved to include
Quick Actions. These handy
buttons are context-sensitive,
so for a text layer you’ll see
options like Convert To Shape.
One of the most interesting
is Remove Background: it’s
available when a pixel layer
is highlighted. (If it’s the
Background layer, double-click
it to make it editable first.)
The Remove Background Quick Action works by first using
the Select Subject command, then adding a Layer Mask to
hide the unselected areas. It’s a clever new feature that will save
you time, but how well does it perform? We put it through its paces
with a variety of subjects, awarding marks out of 10 for each...
Remove Background has picked up
unwanted figures around the edges of
the car, and it’s understandably struggled
where the car meets the grass. But it’s a
timesaving starting point for further edits
to the mask.
2 QUICK ACTIONS
HOW GOOD IS REMOVE BACKGROUND?
These handy buttons appear in the Properties Panel, and
vary depending on the type of layer that’s selected
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