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how to cut out people’s hair.
i need to cut out lots of people. some have stray hairs. how do i cut them out with the stray hairs?
i usually use the mask layer and paint around the person.
how do i get clean mask around the hair?
Motion Graphics Artist and Non-Linear Editor
Software expertise include: After Effects, Avid Xpress Pro, Final Cut Pro, Dvd Studio Pro, Photoshop, and more. -
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A real good tutorial on this is in our COW library:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/natural_selection.php
Take a look as it’s a real good technique for this.
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You can also check out vertus fluid mask…. and books by Katrin Eissmann
Richard M. Harrington, PMP
Author: Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, and ATS:iWork
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Hair is always tricky. Masking software is probably the best way to do this. If you try to ensure you take your pictures so that the subject is on a different colour background then the masking software works much better (kind of like greenscreening in films). You can see my 2d cutout people on my website https://www.kropped.com where I used some masking software.
It’s more complicated than the lasso tool, but quicker and neater once you are used to it.
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