Yesterday I needed to look up some tutorials on extracting people from backgrounds in Photoshop. You usually need a variety of techniques but if you don’t know CS5′s Refine Mask/Edges take a look at these:

• Jan Kibili’s tutorial is a particularly good starting point
• Martin Evening
• Russell Brown – less idiosyncratic than usual, but remember “don’t select areas of transition” and paint close to the transitions
• Deke McClelland