CHAPTER 17 THE IMPORTANCE OF CHANNELS 261- Use the paintbrush at varying sizes to mask over the subject to be inserted.
Press Ctrl+I (xI for Mac) to invert the mask. Occasionally you will need to
invert the entire selection to remove mistakes.
Hair is always a problem and is only roughly selected in the image (see
Figure 17.6). More work must be done on the hair. This is especially difficult
in images where it’s difficult to see the hair against the background.
FIGURE 17.6
Selecting a per-
son’s hair with
in Quick Mask
mode.
- To turn the mask into a selection, simply
switch out of Quick Mask mode by click-
ing the icon to its left and then click
Select, Save Selection. The mask is shown
as light red where is it opaque and is
transparent over the former selection. - Now load the selection by clicking Select,
Load Selection. - Copy the selection by clicking Edit, Copy
or pressing Ctrl+C (xC). If you have
inverted the selection, click Select, Inverse
or press Ctrl+Shift+I (x-Shift-I). - Move to the new image and paste it by clicking Edit, Paste or Ctrl+V (xV).
The selected area was then copied and pasted into another image, which
appears behind the figure’s hair.
tip
To improve hair selections,
edit the quick mask you’ve
created by painting. Delicate
detail can be preserved with
semitransparent brushstrokes.