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Install the Extract Filter in Photoshop CS5

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Back in Photoshop CS3 and earlier, the Extract filter was a lifesaver when it came to extracting a furry or hairy subject from its background (hence the name). However, Adobe dropped this filter back in Photoshop CS4 in favor of the new—and, in CS5, much improved—Refine Edge dialog box. That said, if you feel you can’t live life without the Extract filter and you still own Photoshop CS3 (or if you copied the filter to Photoshop CS4), you can drag and drop it from the older version of the program into the new one. Here’s how: Quit Photoshop and locate the Adobe Photoshop CS3 application folder on your hard drive and then find the Filters➝ExtractPlus.plugin file (it’s named ExtractPlus.8BF on a PC). Also you can download the same by searching the term – “ download Ex...