Comments on: Photoshop CS4: What’s New and What’s Missing in Masking

By: chris

chris — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:50:06 +0000

quick, easy, nice way of cutting out! yeah was a bit baffled just spent 10 mins trying to find the extract tool on cs4 then came across this tutorial, love using masks people really need to get more involved with them i rarely open an image without using a mask one way or another……. thanks

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:20:41 +0000

Extract is offered in the goodies folder of the content cd for CS4, along with a few other plug-ins, just wanted to share. Great tutorial, this really helped me out!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:38:06 +0000

Thank you so much for showing me how to copy across the plug-ins, I would not have thought of that! Such a shame Adobe decided to remove it for the new version, it is such a useful tool!

By: adz

adz — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:12:06 +0000

not alot of diference between cs3 and cs4 i really miss the extraction tool alot as i used that often. cs4 has a really cool tool called vanishing point and also the quick selection tool is pretty awesome too thats what i`ve just dicovered im sure theres alot more same set up though things are easier to access to save time..not so sure it`s worth the upgrade though unless you can afford too.

By: djbuan

djbuan — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:23:06 +0000

Hi.

I have done the process of copying the required files from the goodies folder to cs4′s Filters folder. I was able to see it on the menu but CANCEL is the only button that can be clicked aside from the selection tools. OK and PREVIEW button is disabled. Can someone help me out?

Thanks.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:49:59 +0000

I successfully moved extract from cs3 to cs4, however its not highlighted, so unable to use it

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:10:51 +0000

Thanks for the workaround. I went to look for this feature for work today and couldn’t find it

By: cor

cor — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:26:29 +0000

after 3 day’s on the web i find the extraheren fiter solution thanks thanks thanks

from holland

By: Amaechi

Amaechi — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:37:56 +0000

hi, great post. Was just fiddling around the whole program. extract has been a great tool for me.
Abhi – photoshop CS4 is an upgrade to CS3, especially if you do complex tasks like 3D apart from photo editing

By: Hammer

Hammer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:44:49 +0000

Good tips, thanks.

By: Benjamin_D

Benjamin_D — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:55:44 +0000

Thank you very much,

A little more and i go uninstall photoshop cs4 of my computer, but with your help, i copy the filter extract from my «old» cs3 and i have now extract with cs4 !!!

Me too and don’t understand why adobe remove this filter in cs4 edition ?

Maybe for the cs5 XD : «New Photoshop, with new fonctionnality like Extract !!!».

By: Shelton

Shelton — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:47:43 +0000

Dammit! why take things away? i used to love the extract tool, great for cropping animals etc but anyway, thanks for the top with the masking tool, i never really understood it either so i guess it breaks a habit.

Good work!

@Dennis: lynda.com have a great tutorial site, you should try this

Shelton

By: VJ

VJ — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:43:43 +0000

Thanks for the information about masking layer’s and for solving the mystery of what happened to the extraction filter.
How long did it take you to get the hang of this new method and do you ever use the extraction filter anymore?

By: Dennis Blackmore

Dennis Blackmore — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:03:56 +0000

is there a book or something for beginning photo shop people?
thanks