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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25 Responses to Cool Photoshop – Hair selection

  1. rroobboo999 says:

    Very bad selection. There was plenty of white edges so it is not professional work. I wouldn`t pay even a dollar for that picture

  2. ellie032005 says:

    Fantastic tutorial. Thank you

  3. TheRogueMonk says:

    what is that tool bar called? i dont have it on default

  4. naiifab says:

    gooooooooood

  5. maartenroellekens says:

    where can i find the level ?

  6. sepro8919 says:

    dud!you gave me a new knowledge about photoshop!thanks!

  7. 800988 says:

    @billytalentrocks345 Select the layer. Then stand up from your chair. Turn and face away from the computer monitor. Now you have rotated 90 degrees.

    Thank you very much.

  8. Shilag says:

    I agree with what some people have said. You will hardly EVER need to select hair from a totally solid background, it’s completely useless, and really easy to do. What I’m sure everyone, including me, would actually want to know is how to select it from a more complex background, something more natural for photos.

  9. hal7ter says:

    After decreasing the resolution, all the imperfections of ‘haloing ‘ would also disappear, no? Thanks for the tutorial – I really appreciate it.

  10. richest4u says:

    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 :(

  11. theelectricartist says:

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

  12. osasp says:

    why didnt you burn the edges then?

  13. theelectricartist says:

    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.

  14. NewMan623 says:

    This is so bad your image have a white background it’s so easy do this in a forest background …..

  15. abirehmani says:

    2:06 she hate you first than photoshop lolzzz

  16. abirehmani says:

    can please try it with sum sort of another background i mean not white

  17. OhFishyFish says:

    Man, brilliant kiwi accent!

  18. karanbmw100 says:

    @theelectricartist : from where u open the level tab in photoshop cs

  19. tolits357 says:

    wo0Ww.!

  20. DigidesignScrap says:

    thanks for the great tutorial

  21. AppleCoalition says:

    @oposoum fuuuck you

  22. LaymensLament says:

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

  23. theonemp40 says:

    thanks for the tutorial, great technique :)

  24. themasterpiece95 says:

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

  25. Vayton says:

    @karanbmw100 : control/command + L

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