Fine detail in selections

Hi, I’m finally beginning to understand the basics of how masks work in PS7 – and how powerful they are when making accurate selections. By combining the conventional selection tools, then fine tuning the mask and a little feathering I am able to get some pretty good selections. However, I sometimes see in newspapers or magazines cut-outs of people – especially women – where the photographer/artist has managed to include incredibly fine detail such as strands of hair. No matter how hard I try I am unable to do this – which is a pity because I have a wonderful picture of my wife with her (long) hair being swept by the wind. I would love to be able to do a cut-out of her and include the very fine detail of her hair but without any background detail. Can anybody help? Many thanks.

However, I
sometimes see in newspapers or magazines cut-outs of people – especially women – where the photographer/artist has managed to include incredibly fine detail such as strands of hair.

Hi, I’m finally beginning to understand the basics of how masks work in PS7 – and how powerful they are when making accurate selections. By combining the conventional selection tools, then fine tuning the mask and

little feathering I am able to get some pretty good selections. However, I sometimes see in newspapers or magazines cut-outs of people – especially women – where the photographer/artist has managed to include incredibly

detail such as strands of hair. No matter how hard I try I am unable to do this – which is a pity because I have a wonderful picture of my wife with her (long) hair being swept by the wind. I would love to be able to do a cut-out of her and include the very fine detail of her hair but without

background detail. Can anybody help? Many thanks.

However, I
sometimes see in newspapers or magazines cut-outs of people – especially women – where the photographer/artist has managed to include incredibly fine detail such as strands of hair.

In a situation like that, it’s best to shoot the model against a strongly colored background. If there’s a good differentiation between the hair color and the background color, the Select->color Range command can make selecting the background quite easy.

If there isn’t a strong differentiation, then often making the selection requires hand-painting in the mask with a very fine brush. It’s time-consuming and exacting work, but can produce phenomenal results.

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Hi, I’m finally beginning to understand the basics of how masks work in PS7 – and how powerful they are when making accurate selections. By combining the conventional selection tools, then fine tuning the mask and a little feathering I am able to get some pretty good selections. However, I sometimes see in newspapers or magazines cut-outs of people – especially women – where the photographer/artist has managed to include incredibly fine detail such as strands of hair. No matter how hard I try I am unable to do this – which is a pity because I have a wonderful picture of my wife with her (long) hair being swept by the wind. I would love to be able to do a cut-out of her and include the very fine detail of her hair but without any background detail. Can anybody help? Many thanks.