darkman wrote:
Does anyone know why Adobe didn’t include the Extract tool in CS4 and later? I got used to it in CS3 and found it pretty handy, though far from perfect. Are there plans for bringing it back in some form? Just curious.
Rocketman
I have looked at the Extract Tool of earlier version of Photoshop (probably the 1st and 2nd release) and not impress with the result.
I would suggest you to spend more time learning the Quick Mask (Layer Mask is usually the best option), and if you really want to take advantage of plug-in for quick, lacking Masking skill, or you have lot of photo to mask then I would suggest the Vertus Fluid Mask which is a very good plug-in.
The company seems to lower the price, fixing the annoying registration etc.. (I am not 100% sure). But I have tested the Fuild Mask couple years ago and it is/was a good plug-in. I don’t use plug-in but testing to learn what Photoshop is capable of (I can learn something by seeing what other does)
IOW, the Photoshop’s Extract Tool isn’t that good, it may be ok for some newbie to mess with it, but I wouldn’t recomment to regular user to use it.