How to Cut Out Hair in Photoshop
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When cutting out hair from a background, it is helpful to keep in mind that it’s much easier to use dark hair against a light background or light hair against a dark background.
Selections
To start, find the color channel which shows the maximum amount of contrast in the hair.
Duplicate that channel and bring up the levels panel (CMD/CNTL + L). We can bring the black point up to create very intense contrast in the image. The darks should be extremely dark but be sure not to overdo it! A good way to check is if the edges of the hair look too coarse, you can decrease the darkness a little bit.
All of this is done in the channels tab, but it needs to be turned into an actual usable selection. Hold CMD/CNTL and click on your channel copy. This selection will remain, and you are able to go back into the layers and edit from there. Click on the layer mask icon, and everything that was dark will turn invisible. All you have to do is invert the selection (CMD/CNTL + I). If parts of the image are transparent that shouldn’t be, you can paint over the layer mask where it needs to be filled in.
To take care of fringing (light or white part around the edges of the hair), clipping masks will come in handy!
-Create a new layer
-Right click, and select “create clipping mask”
-Use the brush tool or clone stamp tool to fill in the white areas
Now, whatever work is done on that layer will only apply to the underlying layer. In other words, your new layer is clipped to what’s under it.
Change the clipped layer from normal to darken- this will only effect the whitest part of the hair. Use the clone stamp tool to paint over the light parts of the hair.
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And here I was, zooming in to 500% and using the lasso tool XD Thanks for the tut!
+Jorge Luque lol u made my day :D
remember "if something is hard you're doing it wrong" :P
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My philosophy is "if something is too easy, you're not trying hard enough!" haha
The problem for me is that with some images I want to use, they aren't professional, and have normal backgrounds like a room or something. In that case, this method doesn't seem to work very well.
Yes this is the "Laberatorium method" because it only works with a crisp and clean bg.... A bit of colour differation and it all goes to sh*t XD
Oh thank you for posting this comment ahahaha
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Aaron: Of the many methods suggested by other experts to remove edge fringe in hair--refine edge, dematting, defringe etc--the method you have used is new for me, and gives the best results. My felicitations!
You're a lifesaver for easy to follow photoshop tutorials, very detailed, paced and beginner friendly. Thanks so much!
Easy to understand and follow. Thanks for the excellent guide. I've been having trouble with hair but this just made life so much easier.
Finally a good tutorial on cutting out diificult hair.
You're a life saver Aaron ! Your tutorials have helped me so much with my business. So Grateful !
Well spoken, comprehensive, and not boring. Great video!
Nice tutorial. Always steered clear of channels. Now I'm not so scared of them. Knowledge is power!
I would love to se how you make a hair selection on a more bussy background :)
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You know what she meant to say.
Agreed. This is fine if you have a clean backdrop for contrasting colors but a busy background then forget about it. I tried it just for kicks with no luck.
***** English isn't my native language and that word is one tricky one for me how the hell to spell, it's a weird word..
***** YEAH.. :) but what I meant was perhaps a messy background..
So awesome and way more simple than the way I knew how...going to try this out right now. Thanks a million!!!
Thank you PHLEARN. It's so helpful.
THAT Tip with the Cloning in a clipping mask... Wouldn't have thought of that - fantastic. Great stuff sir.
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When masking for compositing, I nearly always apply a slight gaussian blur to the mask. I then apply a levels adjustment to the mask, playing with the mid tones slider to shift the edge of the mask. This usually results in a quick, fairly natural looking composite in combination with color balancing. It is also important to be mindful of light sources in all images used. Thanks for all of your wonderful tips and tricks. Please keep them coming!
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Forgot to mention, I like the new intro!
One of the clearest and concise vids I've watched on this subject. Well worth watching. This guy knows exactly what he's doing!
The best tutorial I have seen of many teaching how to mask out backgrounds for such detailed images... Thx heaps
With Halloween just around the corner, I was wondering if you could do an episode on "zombiefying" a person.
what if the background is kind of noisy,and not like the plain white (that was in your example)?? please make a tutorial of those
This has just changed my photoshop experience!!! Thank you soo much for this INCREDIBLE tutorial!!
This is a great tutorial. You explain each step simply and in a way that's easy for even the most novice Photoshop user to understand.
Don't wanna be stepping on any toes here.... but you kinda killed the shimmer out of her hair when you were doing the clonestamp work. There was a lot of tones that were covered up and just are not there anymore. Black hair, sure. One color.. no problem I guess. I did a job like this couple of weeks back and I used the paint brush and the color blend with the natural color from the middle of the hair strand to fill up the edges. (not sure if that made any sense with my english skills) It's a lot more work but the end result is much more natural looking and the hairdressers work who colored and highlighted the hair is not waisted. :) (or the lighting assistants, lol)
thanks for the hint fam
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Can you recommend a tutorial that shows your method of cutting out hair? Or can anyone else recommend a tutorial?
Nice Tutorial...........
with due respect____ Sir,,, The end of the Tutorial you suggested to use Clone stamp tool to remove white fringes in clipping mask. I tried exactly what you said, and did frequent times. But it does not work with me. I don't know what kind of mistake I'm making? kindly help me..
his clone stanp tool is set differently, he forgot to mention it. when you select the clone stanp tool look at the top bar going across, you will see a list of options like opacity and flow, at the end it will be set to 'current layer' click on that and select 'current and below' that will make it work
still doesnt work
thanks so much its work
Love! Love your lessons! Thank you, you helped me so much with this cutout in particular. I struggled with two of your other ones, this one is the bomb!!!!
Thank you very much for this great tutorial. I've seen other tutorials on this same subject but yours is by far THE best. I will practice this and check out your other videos as well!
Well done, I have to say that I just tried to follow your tutorial, but when I start to Clone Stamp the edges of the hair, it won't do anything. Is there any other chance to over come this issue? Thank you
the same here, by using Clone stamp nothing is changed..looks weird ..
Pretty sure everyone having issues with the clone stamp step missed making the new blank layer a clipping mask? Works beautifully in cs3
Right under the menu is a series of options for the clone tool. Be sure to set the Sample as "Current and Below". You can see it from 9:00 onwards
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+Phlearn Photoshop and Photography Tutorials Nice tutorial, What if the background was some buldings, mountains or a beach? will this technique still work?
+zolumns i was going to say the same >
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Here's a great photo editing tutorial that you can check out: HootPhoto.info
This has always been the hardest thing for me to do. I would usually have to find like hair sticks or other photos with hair that matches close enough to either clone or cut parts out and then mask it in. This way is sooo much more professional and valuable. Thanks for the tutorial.
I've been looking through all youtube for a solution, your video is shorter, simpler and more effective! Well done sir! Thanks for this.
Using clone stamp tool on new layer is not effecting image at all in CS5?
Select the clone stamp tool and in the top bar change the sample option from 'Current' to 'Current & Below' (forums.adobe.com/thread/1081574)
Can this be done if the hair is dark and the background is darkish as well? If so, how?
Jason Marck You can invert the background and then cut it out
how exactly do you invert the background, I currently have a dark hair with dark background image that I want to cut out. Any assistance would be appreciated
It depends on the image, but generally, you duplicate the image and then just play with the colors and contrast until you get an image with a clearer difference between the background and the subject you are cutting.
Really like this tutorial... I keep coming back to it since I only occasionally need these techniques.... Thank you again, and again!
clone stamp darken layer is AWESOME technique! Thank you!! Great, professional tutorial!
What if the background isnt plain white?
+iPodiMaster Exactly. This tutorial is utterly useless for 90% of real-world work
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Yes. I mean cmon. Who takes pictures in front of a one color wall?
iPodiMaster For studio portraits, sure this is great. Works well, explained well. But out in the world, most of my work involves "herf can you take the woman in this busy office stock photo and put her in front of a sunset derf?"
Hahaha man, must be annoying. So how do you cut the hair in that case?
iPodiMaster You can either do a variation on the method described in this video, only in small segments broken up with the background. Or you can use the pen tool to methodically draw around each clump of hair and the brush tool to draw individual strands with sampled color. Or you can use the Mask Edge > Refine Radius tool in CS5+. But even that takes a lot of trial and error and different settings for different segments of the hair depending on background. I've read good things about some masking paid plugins like Topaz but have never sprung for it myself
I've tried the clone stamp part and it didn't work. How am I supposed to clone "hair texture" from a transparent layer that's clipped to the image I am using? My layer mode was set to 'darken' while clone stamping and nothing was happening. The background 'fringing' color was still there. The cloning did nothing. Please help.
+Mike Tapia Found it. You need to change the Sample option from Current to Current and Below.
+joe tury Thanks!
+joe tury How do I change my sample option?
Katriona A M Thompson while the clone tool is selected, use the drop down option next to Aligned Sample at the top...on the horizontal option bar above your work area.By default it should read Current Layer
+joe tury Ah! Thank you!! :)
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Perfect!! Thank you very much sir, your tutorial very useful! thank you!!
my clone stamp isn't working at the cliping mask If i use a brush it paints normaly as the video shows ,only on top of my image but when I try to use the clone stamp nothing works ...
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And how to make it work?
Good tutorial, but this method is ineffective in a scenario where the model was not shot against a solid background. A lot of times the client will request a particular model be composited from a stock photo with a busy background. In those cases, using the pen tool/refine edge/radius is the only way (that I know of). It's not perfect and time consuming, so I would love to know of a better way.
Thanks, this is the best tutorial I have found to show how to get a great clip out of a difficult subject.
Yay, Phlearn. Thank you!❤️
After making the third layer and creating a clipping mask for it, when I try to use the clone stamp tool it doesn't want to clone anything from the layer under with the person/hair. What is wrong?
I'm trying to cut out a very fluffy *Tiger*, it's not going well...
+Digital Flix im cutting out a lion lmfao
+Jade Hytzii try cutting out chewbacca
+★ Digital Squad ★ Same issue. I need to cut my long-haired cat out. The background is a patterned rug. . . ugh.
try using "Refine Mask"
+John Leo Taberdo I feel like it used to work well. Lately, however, it often gives me semitransparrent stuff that I don't want to be semitransparent.
I really liked your video. Loved your video!
You absolutely saved my life, man. Thanks so much! I have about 45 head shots to edit, and this cuts my usual time in less than half!
I can't do the last thing with the
Clone Stamp tool. Help me :'(
set curent layer and below, not just curent layer
What?
if you selected curent layer and you use the clonestamp on a empty layer there is nothing to clone from, therefore you must select curent en below layer in the top menu of PS so you can clone from the layer below the new layer
Had the same problem, but fixed it by selecting "Current & Below" at the very top bar when you select the clone stamp tool, mine was set only to "Current" and then it did not work :-)
Thanks a lot 👍
Ok, THIS IS AWESOME!. I've used Photoshop for years, and cutting out hair has been tricky to say the least. I used to use the lasso tool, with the clone stamper, along with a few other tricks to cut hair out. It was always difficult. When I went back to school to advance my degree, they taught a way to make it easier and the was the Refine Mask command in the layer palette. That wasn't always viable, because it created problems still with feathering and more. BUT THIS! Is simple, direct and easy. I love. You have taught an old dog a new trick. And now I can get projects done quicker, and better. Thanks!
... just another day, another awesome episode! Thanks for your time Aaron.I'm a big fan! Request: another Pro-tutorial on food photography composit color work and everything else you always bring to the table on those Pro Vids!
Wonderful!! Especially the crone stamp part!!
Fantastic! Thanks so much for this! Usually I'd do 'Refine Edge', but that can be hit-or-miss.
Awesome Tutorial Aaron !!.......I've been having problems with ' Refine Edge ' lately and this Video REALLY works Well !....Thanks so much for your Tutorials ! , VERY MUCH Appreciated !!.....
The tip you gave to set the clipping mask layer blend mode to darken really worked well. Thanks.
Aaron and the team at phlearn are life savers. Thank you so very much, this tutorial has solved most of my hair selection probs.
I came here from another video that showed the same, but didnt explain that grayish part outside hair, was so frustrated to solve it, but you fixed it for me in few seconds, big love!
Brilliant tutorial this is how our retoucher does it and I couldn't remember. Thanks.
This, this is the kind of stuff that's never explored in my graphic design classes. Thanks for this information.
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The best tutorial in using chanels for selecting something with Photoshop, thank you Aaron.
Awesome video! You're so talented, and your tutorials are well developed and laid out. Thanks for doing these!!
After years of viewing tips on this topic, this is by far the quickest and easiest I've seen! Thank you for posting!
All other videos were so bad and difficult, especially for a beginner like me. But this video literally saved my life! Thank you so much for this I love your videos
your a life saver, I always try to find a easy and effective way of cutting out hair and this is ideal, Thank you
I've been doing this hair cutting for ages until i saw this video of yours is very simple! Thank you for sharing. This way of cropping details will surely help me finish my editing in a snap.
love your attitude and teaching personality
I will have to rewatch this several times but I love this and learned new stuff thank you bunches
Great technique. Thanks, this will save a lot of time.
great tutorial..... I learn techniques in photoshop BIT BY BIT watching your tutorials.thanks!
really a helpful tutorial. never thought cutting out hair would be this easy. thank you
Thanks so much. You videos are really helping me grow as photographer/artist!
Awesome! I've been using other methods to do this and this is by far the best method, most natural looking. Your tutorials are awesome, fun and very educational, easy to understand, thank you.
Just want to tell u that your tutorial is really great. I struggled with pen tool for several days, only after watching your tutorial, I was able to get some understanding on that. Thank you, great man.
this is the BEST tutorial I have ever seen for this! Thank you!
This was the best way to cut out crazy hair!! Thank you for clear instructions--you rock!
Very very good explained! Thanks so much!
This is the best tutorial for cutting out hair - the best of the best!!! Thanks Aaron!
This is the only site I’ve seen that show all the different ways to cut out a subject in one video. Good job
Excellent tutorial. Thanks so much!
That's really amazing.... Thanks Aaron!
The best hair cut out tutorial I've seen so far! Thanks!
As always, thank you for a great tip done well! Keep up the good work!
Really, really really helpful! I have three pages of handwritten notes from this tutorial and it has been a massive help to improving the quality of my work and my workflow. Thanks Aaron, really appreciate it, best wishes from Washington in the U.K.
I had a lot of fun doing this. I even used content aware tool to put another picture background in. Thanks so much :)
I enjoyed watching your tutorial. Very clear briefing. Thanking you.
One of best video ever seen about cut hair. Thanks a lot
You guys are FANTASTIC. Thanks for this great tutorial!
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Thanks! I always wanted to do this!
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Very easy to understand and follow.
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Finally Found someone who really gives an excellent tutorials on Photoshop ,please keep doing that!!!!!
Please accept my thank you Phlearn team. You guys have helped me so much. I;ve watched this video and had liked it longgg time ago. Today I'm trying to cut out a dog from the background and when it came to the last part, where the fringing problem occurred this video popped into my mind I remembered watching this. What a life saver you guys are~ Thank you thank you.
I've watched a million tutorials and you're by far the best at making it easy to [ph]learn. Keep up the good work!
Believe me I've googled and learned so many tutorials about cutting out hair.....so much similarities and weak with white edge. This white edge deleting method of your's is unique !
Excellent way to cut it out. Thanks for sharing, your a beast in your own right!
thank you so much for the tutorial! Your techniques are very helpful. Keep it up!
Yes! Yes! Great tutorial as usual. You rock guys! Thanks.
Hey Aaron, I just your videos. They are extremely helpful, informative and entertaining. The combination of clipping mask with darken and cloning brush was actually very smart.
Excellento Aaron ! watching you has made my Photoshop knowledge grow.