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Again it is important to avoid going anywhere near the hair.ĭarken the body of the hair near the scalp but avoid the locks of hair that have white background showing through. Avoid going anywhere near the tips of the hair at this stage.Įven the bright tones of the white shirt can be rendered black by repeatedly clicking the mouse whilst using a large brush in Overlay mode. Accuracy whilst painting in Overlay mode is not a concern when the background is white or is significantly lighter than the subject. Painting in Overlay mode will preserve the white background and darken the rest of the pixels. Choose a large hard edged brush and 100% opacity from the Options bar and set the mode to ‘Overlay’ (also in the Options bar). Select ‘Black’ as the foreground color and the ‘Brush tool’ from the Tools palette. Set the blend mode of this new layer (now on top of the layers stack) to ‘Overlay’ mode.įrom the Layer menu choose ‘Merge Down’ to create a single high-contrast monochrome layer. Choose ‘Remove Color’ from the Adjust Color submenu found in the Enhance menu (Enhance > Adjust Color > Remove Color).ĭrag this desaturated/monochrome layer to the New Layer icon in the Layers palette to duplicate it. Start by dragging the background layer to the New Layer icon to duplicate it. The initial steps of this tutorial are concerned with creating a mask that can be used in the final montage. Celebrity status is just a few clicks away. This is not brain surgery but follow these simple steps and you will join the elite ranks of Photoshop gurus around the world. The post-production is the easy bit - simply apply the correct sequence of editing steps and the magic is all yours. This important aspect of the initial image capture ensures that the resulting hair transplant is seamless and undetectable.

Your number one essential step for success is to first shoot your model against a white backdrop, sufficiently illuminated so that it is captured as white rather than gray. The first secret step must be completed before you even press the shutter on the camera. Extract filters, Magic Erasers and Tragic Extractors don’t even get us close. Get it wrong and, just like a bad wig, it shows. When the model has long flowing hair and the subject needs to change location many post-production artists call in sick. One of the most challenging montage or masking jobs in the profession of post-production editing is the hair lift. Selecting & Extracting Hair - Masking Tutorial - Extraction TipsĪdapted from ' Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Maximum Performance' by Mark Galer

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