Cool Photoshop - Hair selection

Using Photoshop, a simple way to pick out a complex image (in this case hair) from a background using channels.

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Howto & Style

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• photoshop tutorial
• photography
• web design

[theelectricartist]

Because if you listened to the commentary you would know that the purpose of the video wasn't to ' s e l e c t ' hair, but to demonstrate a form of selection - namely using channels. It was also a QUICK job, not a 'take all fucking day and do it right for the perfectionists' job.

[richest4u]

You should use a very mild "refine edge" to remove the halo effect, just take the edges in a bit and add a very small amount of feathering, so you don't take too much away from the hair itself. Also try a bit of colour balance to make your subject look more natural against the background. Thumbs up if this was helpful to you so that others may see! Or if its not... sorry dude/dudettes :(

[theelectricartist]

Great idea. Except that this video was made before 'Refine Edge' was invented.

[billytalentrocks345]

I have a very stupid question, but I'm new to CS so be nice :P. How do I rotate a layer for example 90 degrees CW? I can only flip it, or rotate every layer 90 degrees.

Thanks :D

[theelectricartist]

@billytalentrocks345 Under EDIT/TRANSFORM you will find the various rotate buttons that apply only to the selected layer.

cheers

[Triple9Nickel]

wait so the way you remove those specs and imperfections is by making the image smaller? It was a great tutorial up until that!

[theelectricartist]

There are other ways to do this. But if you had paid attention, you'd know that the finished size of the image was to be much smaller than the resolution of the operating image. The 'advice' was to perform all functions at a higher resolution than finished specifically for web graphics so that the final reduction would lose all the imperfections. If this was a high res operation, the technique would be different right throughout.

[SfViola157]

@richest4u Since college , I'd been extremely self conscious as well as embarrassed regarding my own dark, rough hair on my face on my upper lip along withchin. Waxing certainly not worked well and Iswear bleaching made more hair grow. That is precisely why I tried this device bit.ly\vC23Ux and it is truly changed my life. you ought to certainly give it a try.

[oposoum]

Terrible job! 10 minutes video for the same bad results you can have with magic wand! The hair in the final composition must fade from blonde to blue background and not have white edges all around. Its too fake!

[blkguyjusttryn]

@theelectricartist Dude, the title of this video says HAIR SELECTION,

[blkguyjusttryn]

@theelectricartist

1. Dude CS3 has refine image.

[mazharkhan1]

I am using CS2 while copying blue layer new layer appaire as Alpha1 and it is a totally balack layer why? this option is only in CS3??

[champjaved]

how to cut hair without white background?

[thecottonwolf]

@theelectricartist actually, cs3 has a defringe option.... would have fixed this. And in really early photoshop versions you could always make a selection, feather it by 1px, remove fringe that way...

[Vayton]

@karanbmw100 : control/command + L

[themasterpiece95]

thx so much, dude !!! been searching for this kind of tut for a quite long time :D

[LaymensLament]

@theelectricartist Well, I see the option refine at @ 4:03 LOL. No offense I really appreciate the video.