In this video Photoshop tutorial, Deke McClelland shows how to use the Refine Edge command which is new in Photoshop CS5 to extract a person from the background including fine hair.
Refining selections and mask edges are essential Photoshop techniques you have to master both in order to perform tricky compositing tasks, such as extracting a person from an image and then adding a different background.
In Photoshop CS5, the Refine Edge command makes the process less tedious. In today's installment of Photoshop CS5 Top 5, watch as Deke uses Refine Edge and its cousin, Refine Mask, to create a finely crafted mask that encompasses every strand of a model's hair.
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUUFIdAsj2o[/video]
Refining selections and mask edges are essential Photoshop techniques you have to master both in order to perform tricky compositing tasks, such as extracting a person from an image and then adding a different background.
In Photoshop CS5, the Refine Edge command makes the process less tedious. In today's installment of Photoshop CS5 Top 5, watch as Deke uses Refine Edge and its cousin, Refine Mask, to create a finely crafted mask that encompasses every strand of a model's hair.
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUUFIdAsj2o[/video]
