Extract is a built-in Adobe PhotoShop plug-in used for selecting images. You would not need to pay for it or install it, which is a good thing. At the same time Extract is not as rich in tools as most of third party plug-ins.

Interface and tools

Extract has a usual Adobe Plugin interface with the tools on the left, all options on the right and image in the center. There’s only one selecting tool – the Highlighter – for defining the edges of the object to be selected. The Fill in Bucket fills the outlined area (the line has to be closed) and there’s an Eraser for correction. You can choose the highlight and fill colors and change the Brush size. When using Force Foreground option the entire image should be covered with the Highlighter (the Fill is disabled) and one color can be chosen to be retained.

The Adobe Extract Plugin can also work with textured images where you can define the degree of smoothness.
The interface is quite friendly and intuitive. Almost everything can be understood without entering Help, which is not over detailed either. And there’s always a tip line showing above the image explaining the use of the active tool.
The preview has options for the background: you can change colors, see the extracted image on a transparent background, or have a mask view. What you can’t do though, is to download your own texture or image to view the extracted image on.
  

Images with well-defined edges