I recently started a new job where as part of my work I have

>>315446
For excluding object from background, you can use magic wand tool and then right click on the selection > Refine Edge. Should at least leave your object + shadow nicely.

For watermarking and other related things with about playing with your object, I tell you to use Actions. Record an action and simply play it by hotkey everytime it's needed. You can play with actions and create one action for the whole process of excluding from background and watermarking.

Post results. Thanks!

ADD: Also use whatever suits you best, JPEG is perfectly fine if it's large enough resolution. But ofcourse, depends where the pictures go after editing them...

>>315446
>use the magnetic lasso tool

fucking why?

I do a ton of cut-outs for my personal work. Here's my process:
bring the photos or whatever into illustrator
trace the object using the pen tool
create a clipping mask
save the file, bring it into photoshop
use the clonestamp tool where needed around the edges

done.


doing it the way you currently are must be a nightmare.

>>315446
>>315476
you don't need to leave Ps for that
>create new layer
>use polygonal lasso/pen/brush/whatever to draw a black silhouette of what you are trying to isolate
>create a clipping mask on your image layer
>ctrl+click your silhouette layer to select it's content
>alt+click on your clipping mask to edit it directly
>paint your selected silhouette in your clipping mask
>save and go back to your canvas
>if you find something you want to correct, just erase/paint it on your silhouette layer and then update it on your clipping mask

>>315450
both good advices for OP

use raw