Learn to precisely cut out hair using Color Range in Photoshop in this 19-minute tutorial. Master the technique of selecting and removing backgrounds, even with challenging hair textures. Discover essential tips for refining masks to match new backgrounds, removing edge fringe and halos, and creating cleaner composites using blend modes and clipping masks. Follow along step-by-step as you explore various tools and techniques, including inverting backgrounds, refining masks, creating outlines, filling gaps, removing color fringing, painting hair, decontaminating colors, and adding shadows. Perfect your photo editing skills and achieve professional-looking results in your digital compositions.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Webster
New Background
Remove Pink
Paint or Draw
Invert Background
Refining the Mask
Checking the Mask
Creating the Outline
Filling in the gaps
Background color
Remove color fringing
Clipping Mask
Paint Hair
Take a Sample
Remove Color Casts
Add New Background
Decontaminate Colors
Mask Expansion
Painting the Hand
Painting the Edge
Hiding Marching Ants
Creating Shadows
Conclusion
Taught by
PiXimperfect
