In this
tutorial, we will learn about hair selection using adobe photoshop. You can use
Adobe Photoshop CS6 or lower to create this effect. Now, let’s begins.
Difficulty:
Easy
You will
need model for the tutorial.
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Hair Selection Tutorial
First, open
the image that will be edited in photoshop. After that, duplicate the layer by
hit Cmd/Ctrl + J on the keyboard. Now, we will use the duplicated layer to this
tutorial so you can hide the background layer by clicking on the eye of the
background layer.
Next, select
the Channel menu. There are 4 layers in the channel menu RGB Layer, Red Layer,
Green Layer, and Blue Layer.
In this step, I will choose the highest contrast
layer so I choose Blue Layer.
Duplicate the Blue Layer by right click and then select Duplicate channel. Now we have Blue Copy channel. To create this selection, please select the Blue Copy Layer.
I will
create darken effect to the hair so I choose Burn tool to create this effect. For
the settings, you can look at the following picture.
Now, brush
to the hair areas until have more dark color.
To make a
selection, click Select > Load Selection. Just click OK.
Now we have
a selection, but you can see the outside of hair areas that still selected. So,
I will reduce the selection.
Select the
RGB Channel, then go to Layer Menu. Now select Quick Selection Tool and choose
Subtract from selection mode.
You can
brush to outside of hair areas for reduce the selection.
Hit delete
key on the keyboard. Then click Select > Deselect for delete the selection.
Result:
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