Using Photoshop, a simple way to pick out a complex image (in this case hair) from a background using channels.
Cool Photoshop – Hair selection
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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
Fantastic tutorial. Thank you
what is that tool bar called? i dont have it on default
gooooooooood
where can i find the level ?
dud!you gave me a new knowledge about photoshop!thanks!
@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.
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.
After decreasing the resolution, all the imperfections of ‘haloing ‘ would also disappear, no? Thanks for the tutorial – I really appreciate it.
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
Great idea. Except that this video was made before ‘Refine Edge’ was invented.
why didnt you burn the edges then?
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.
This is so bad your image have a white background it’s so easy do this in a forest background …..
2:06 she hate you first than photoshop lolzzz
can please try it with sum sort of another background i mean not white
Man, brilliant kiwi accent!
@theelectricartist : from where u open the level tab in photoshop cs
wo0Ww.!
thanks for the great tutorial
@oposoum fuuuck you
@theelectricartist Well, I see the option refine at @ 4:03 LOL. No offense I really appreciate the video.
thanks for the tutorial, great technique
thx so much, dude !!! been searching for this kind of tut for a quite long time
@karanbmw100 : control/command + L