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Step 1.
ISOLATE THE SUBJECT.

Use the lasso tool and make a loose selection around the subject.

Switch over to QuickMask mode where the color indicates the masked area at 100%.

Select a paint brush at about 25% hardness and draw in the rest of the mask around your subject. Don't get too far into your subject. We'll let the edge around the subject feather in.

If there are bad spots in some places around those edges we can spot fix them later.

Switch out of QuickMask mode and SAVE SELECTION to save your feathered mask.

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