In this Photoshop CS4 Tutorial, I will teach you how to extract and edit someone’s hair. The method comes in hand when you want to select the hair using Smart Highlighting filter. So this tutorial will guide you step by step on how you can change your friend’s hair color.
Complete guide on how to extract hair
Step 1 – Select the image that you would like to edit.
Step 2 – Open the image in Photoshop CS4
Right click on your image open with Adobe Photoshop.
Step 3 – Duplicate the main layer by pressing CTRL + J
Step 4 – Desaturate the image by pressing SHIFT + CTRL + U
Step 5 – Levels adjustment (CTRL + L)
Adjust you image in order to define edges around the hair. After this step we can focus on how to extract the hair.
Step 6 – Extract hair using the Extract Filter (ALT + CTRL + X)
The image will appear in a new window where you will use the Highlighter tool (B) to cover the edges around the hair. After you have created an outline select the Fill tool (G) in order to color the areas you want to retain.
TIPS :
Use CTRL + / – to zoom in/out
To drag the image press Space (Hand Tool)
To set the brush size press [ or ]
In order to have a well-defined edge select Smart Highlighting
Step 7 – Click Preview
To modify results use Edge Touchuo Tool (T). This tool cleans edges. Hold down CTRL to move the edge. Press 1-9 to change pressure.
Use Cleanup Tool (C) to modify results. Hold down ALT to make opaque. Press 1-9 to change the pressure.
Finally, click OK to extract hair.
Change hair color
Step 8 – Change the hair color using Hue/Saturation (CTRL + U)
Select Colorize and change the hair color.
Below are a couple of color change examples. You can choose the color that you prefer. Be creative!
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Hi valeron,
Great tutorial and techniques well explained, by the way you didnt provide any link to the stock image you used , is it free or a premium one, please make sure that your provide link [no matter free or premium] to the appropriate resources next time so that it will be easier to practice with…
Thanks a lot for sharing….
first of all it’s a very good tutorial, and a nice job sharing it, and I think, you should have mentioned that this tut. is for CS4, the extract plugin doesn’t exist in CS5, and it exists you should mention how to add it
any way thanks for the nice tutorial
Didn’t had the time to read the whole tutorial but by scanning through it it looks like a very good step by step tutorial. The only thing missing is the link to the stockphoto you used.
cheers,
Jordy
Wow, it’s quite simple and very useful to select inner edges of hairs.
thanks dude!
It’s a good tutorial but it doesn’t work for CS5… The filter is gone in this version… You should warn about that…
Thanks for your feedback guys !
The only thing I would like to see is if you could do this with someone who has at least one flyaway. You did your effect well, but then again, you picked someone’s hair that was perfect and therefore easy to select. I’d like to see a tut explaining how to select hair when it is not all neat and tidy like this one.
Still a good tutorial though.
Thank u for this tut. but the Extract filter does not work with PSCS5. but you can use the “Quick selection” tool + Refine Edges to get a better output in CS5.. its far better than this technique. try it. there are good tutorials in web, explaining the technique
In CS5 they modified them into “not-filter” functions. Try Selection>refine edge and tune these atributes much better than in extract filter.
Nice tutorial also shared on my website linetoweb.com
Excellent tutorial, I usually spend hours messing with the lasso tool but this is a much better way. Thanks 🙂
Thanks for tutorial, it is very useful for beginners like us.
Good tutorial, .. But how to sort out the curly hair, or that are not arranged neatly, and has a dark background, ..
Great tutorial !!!
Now I can extract or change the color of the hair very fast.
Thanks Valeron !!!
Thanks again for the article.Much thanks again. Keep writing.
I really liked your post.Much thanks again. Will read on…
Hi there. Thanks for the share. I’m a total newbie.
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A very interesting tutorial. Many thanks.
awesome, i playing with channels
Than Q very much