Lynda - Photoshop Masking and Compositing Hair

In this installment of his popular Masking & Compositing series, Photoshop guru Deke McClelland shows how to select hair?down to the individual strands?and composite portraits against new backgrounds. The course covers how to mask out hair, paint in detail, blend hair, merge channels, and match light sources. Deke also explores special techniques for working with both dark and light hair, as well as extracting hair from complex backgrounds.

Topics include:

Understanding the Calculations command

Calculating masks with the Subtract and Add modes

Enhancing a mask with Apply Image

Creating a traditional blue screen mask

Masking dark hair against a busy background

Painting in missing hairs with a Wacom tablet

Masking blonde hair and flames

Performing selective edits with Dodge and Burn

Masking a difficult image in multiple passes