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How do I create smooth edges using the magic wand?

Hello, I am trying to use the magic wand while switching the background that people may have in their pictures. I can easily get the background out of the picture, BUT the people I am trying to move to another background look really choppy because stuff like their arms are not smooth after I make the neccesary cuts. How to I smooth out the picture of the people? Anti-aliasing is not working with the magic wand! How do i use feathering? Please help me. Thanks!

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1. If your talking about Photo Shop, sometimes using the background eraser tool takes the background out closer to the edge. To smooth out you could use the smudge tool. Cheers! Dan.
2. it may be important to have images in layers at same resolution, if background is at 300dpi, and copy of person is at 72 screen resolution the pixels will appear more o and at lower quality, and the size if small like 3x4 inches, increase to 6x8' with better resolution, ~you may want to put each person or object in separate layers, to zoom in and erase and smooth edge with smudge/ sharpen drop tool and set sensitivity for pressure to lower amount, and then apply to background as copy for jpg, ..
3. This is one of the most challenging tasks in Photoshop. Here are some approaches: -- adjust the tolerance of the magic wand -- try the lasso or magnetic lasso and various featherings -- use the pen tool -- try extract if you have it None of this is simple so here's a good source of know-how: http://www.dekemc.com/ Good luck. V