Refine Mask is not working?

Hi everyone,
I did a rough selection on the photo. When I'm trying to refine the edge, I increase the radius in edge detection, but nothing happened at all.
When the Radius is set at 0.0px
When the Radius is set at 250.0px, there was no changes.
I wonder is that caused by my setting or I have forgotten to tick on something?
Thanks for any helps.

Yup, at first I thought of that problem, but it isn't really related to it.
The edge detection itself is an algorithm that interpret the transition area specified by the radius to reconfirm the edge of the object and the background.
Im not sure about it, but just roughly know it from this video:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/selecting-soft-edge-objects-with-refine-edge /

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