Adobe Photoshop is one of the best applications you can use to select and remove those pesky strands of hair from your photography subjects. Allows the use of a mask function that isolates fur and hair from the main subject of the photo.
Take a look at the following techniques you can use to remove strands and hair from the background of your photo.
1.Select File and Channels
Select the target photo image that contains the hair or fur you want to extract from the background. If you are a hobbyist and want to hone your retouching skills, you can work on a simple portrait. You will notice that such portraits have a bare background.
Choose “Windows” and then “Channels.” Be sure to identify the channel that has significant contrast between your selection and what you choose to omit.
In the Channel Panel menu, select the “Duplicate Channel” option. You can get to the dialog box where you will be asked to name the channel mask and then click the OK button.
What you will have achieved is the creation of an alpha mask that you can edit without interfering with the original.
2. Make adjustments
In the Channels Panel, select the alpha mask. Choose “Image”, “Adjustments” and then “Levels”. Drag the Midtones, Shadows, and Highlights input sliders. This allows you to increase the contrast of the image.
Make sure the item you want to select is either all white or all black. The thin areas in the middle should be a shade of gray.
Select the theme of your photo, along with your hair. You can also invert the selection after selecting the background.
By default, the white area of a mask represents a selected area, while an unselected area is indicated by black. An area that is partially selected in the mask is indicated in gray.
Click the OK button once you feel like you’ve done a good job. Doing so will allow you to close the Levels dialog.
3. Make adjustments
At this point you can select the Eraser Tool to make adjustments and improve the appearance of the mask. The Eraser tool options bar allows you to select Block mode. Lockdown mode is useful when you need to fix the skin.
Paint inside the mask using the Block Eraser feature. This way, your paint job won’t have edges that appear faded.
4. Order the colors
To access default colors, press D. Generally, the eraser tools use the background color when painting. Be sure to confirm the color before dragging the tool.
To change the foreground and background colors, press X.
5. Touch up the details
Use short strokes as you paint your mask with black and white colors. The reason behind using short strokes is that you will be able to Undo. This is important especially when you make a mistake while painting.
To paint areas with Block Eraser, you need to zoom in as the tool comes in only one size. To erase a large area of the subject in the photo, zoom out.
It would be wise to leave a bit of gray around the faint areas. This eliminates the possibility of gray areas being cut off from the main image.
6. Polish
Load the skin as a selection of images by clicking the first icon at the bottom of the Channels panel on the left. Doing so will highlight your mask with a selection marquee.
Your composite photo image will have a selection outline once you click on the RGB channel.
Select Reverse to reverse the selection of images.
7. Save your work
Once you are done with your waxing or waxing project on photo theme, save your work for future reference.
Refine Photoshop Edge tools
There are many clipping path companies for digital photo and image editing. The Adobe Photoshop software application has a valuable tool that you can use to remove hair from your photos. The Refine Edge tool is revolutionary.
In the Refine Edge dialog, you can choose the view that suits you best. You can also smooth the edges of your image to achieve an anti-aliasing effect.
The Refine Edge tool has an edge detection feature. Here, you can use the Smart Radius box to paint around the hair in your images. Photoshop will be able to discern between what is the background and what counts as hair. You can remove the parts of the background sky that you are not interested in.
