I've watched like 3-4 videos on it which seem to do it perfectly (one of them had a pretty complex background), yet when I follow exactly what they advise I get blurred edges on my selection with speckles and pieces of my original selection get covered. I try to brush over it with the Edge Detection tool but that seems to create MORE of it.
If I try to eliminate it on the hair using the sliders, then the harder edges (like clothes and skin) get more blurred and cut off.
Here's what a cut out with highlights of what I mean: (green arrows point at some places where this blurring / covering up happens; the red part is what you ignore)
img709.imageshack.us/img709/4213/edgedetectionproblem.jpg
So why can't I make that perfect selection with Edge Detection like all the tutorials can?
**edit - I hotlinked the image for you - Gaussian**
If I try to eliminate it on the hair using the sliders, then the harder edges (like clothes and skin) get more blurred and cut off.
Here's what a cut out with highlights of what I mean: (green arrows point at some places where this blurring / covering up happens; the red part is what you ignore)
img709.imageshack.us/img709/4213/edgedetectionproblem.jpg
So why can't I make that perfect selection with Edge Detection like all the tutorials can?
**edit - I hotlinked the image for you - Gaussian**