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and AI to recognize our subject). Just go up to the Options Bar and click on the Select Subject button (as shown here). That’s all you have to do. Wait a few
seconds and it will make the basic selection for you (as seen here). It doesn’t include all those hard-to-select areas, like the outside edges of her hair, but
that’s okay—that’s for the next step.

Step Three:
Once Select Subject has your basic selection in place (it takes all of three seconds, if that), click the button to its immediate right: Select and Mask. This
opens up a special workspace for making tricky selections, like hair, and you’re going to be shocked at how easy it is to use. Before we start masking, let’s
change the default view, so it’s easier to see what’s happening. At the top of the Properties panel, on the right side of the workspace, in the View Mode
section, choose Overlay from the View pop-up menu (as shown here). This shows the areas that are already selected in full color (as seen here), but with
this red tint overlay, any areas where you can see through the red tint are areas that are not selected. So, because this tint is see-through, we can see which
areas of her hair are missing from our selection—basically, it’s the fan-blown hair on the left and right sides of her head, and the edges of the dark faux fur
collar on her coat. In the next step, we’re going to tell Photoshop where the tricky hair parts are that aren’t yet selected, and then it will “work its magic.”