How to use Photoshop masks to cut out images perfectly

In photo studios and in daily life, we often encounter situations where when changing the background of a photo, the shadows on the ground are somehow removed, leaving only the characters, and then adding shadows in the later stage makes them look fake. Without adding shadows, it looks even more fake, as if they are hanging in the air. It cannot be blended with the background. Here is a method for you to remove the background belonging to the character and make the background look more natural. Okay, without further ado, let’s go straight to the tutorial...

First, open a shadowed image and copy a layer

Use the lasso and magic wand tools to pull out the main body

Then add a mask, add a blank layer above the background layer and fill it with a contrasting color so that you can see the shadow effect clearly.

Duplicate the layer where the subject was attached just now, and click out the eyes of one of them in order to retain the outline of the subject, and only do the effect on the other one.

Use a white brush to draw shadows on the mask

Then press and hold the CTRL key, click on the mask of the layer to remove the eyes, load the selection, and invert the selection.

Then click the background eraser tool and set the parameters to

You can start rubbing as soon as you start on the picture, but you need to pay attention to one thing

The effect after deducting

If there are other colors on the shadow, you can adjust the saturation to 0 to make it gray, which looks more appropriate.

Just find a picture as a base and see how it works.