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PHOTOSHOP CC
THE MISSION
Replace a
background with
Select and Mask
in PhotoshopTime needed
15 minutesSkill level
IntermediateKit needed
Photoshop CChile Lightroom,
Camera Raw and
other Raw editors
have seen huge
improvements over the past
few years, they still can’t
compare to Photoshop in
terms of selection tools. In
this case, Photoshop blows away
the competition with an array of
hugely powerful commands that
make it easy to cut out even
complicated subjects, like our
model here. Imagine trying to
remove her original background
by hand – it could take hours,
maybe days to get rid of all thebits of background showing
through the curly hairs. But with
Photoshop’s advanced selection
tools, it takes mere minutes.
We’ll begin by employing a bit
of machine learning. The ‘Select
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intelligence to analyse image
content and ascertain what your
subject is, then attempts to select
it. It won’t always be perfect, but
it often gives you a great starting
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the selection. This brings us to
the second stage of our selection
process, and it’s here where we
can eradicate all of those peskygaps between the hairs using
the endlessly helpful Select
and Mask command.
Once our cut-out is perfect,
we can drop in an entirely new
background. The possibilities
are endless. If we like, we could
transport our subject to another
continent, or another time period,
or any scene we like. Alternatively,
we might just want to change the
mood of the image by altering the
colour of the background, or
adding a blurred backdrop like
this. Whatever you choose to do,
the process is surprisingly quick
and easier than you think...Cut out hair like a pro
James Paterson demonstrates how to make quick, precise edits in
Photoshop CC to isolate the trickiest subjects and replace a backdropW
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