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How to Remove Background From Hair Image?

Removing background for hair images is always very frustrating, but its not so difficult to do if some steps can be followed. A step by step tutorial can make you feel relax for removing background from hair image in photoshop.

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How to Remove Background From Hair Image?

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  1. HowtoRemoveBackgroundFromHairImage? PreviouslyIhavewrittenanothertutorialonhowtousePhotoshoppentoolto remove background from product and now I am thinking it is extremely frustratingwhenyouhaveapicturethatportraysanimagewithlotsofflowing hair and you want to change or remove background from hair image. Photoshopenablesoneto usean imagemaskingtechniqueto removethe backgroundfromyourimage. Thefollowingismynewstepbystepprocesshow toaccomplishthebackgroundremovaltechniquefromthehairimage. Tryingtoremoveallthishaircanbeanightmare.Sohereiswhatyouneedtodo. Usingthebackgrounderasertoolmakeslifealittlebiteasier. Solet’sget straightintoit. 1. Firstthingwewanttodoisremovesomeofthebackground.Soyouneed toopenthelayerpalette(Windows>Layers).

  2. 2. Youmightneedtounlockit(justdoubleclickonthelayeruntilitopens). AlittleboxwillcomeupandjustpressOKandyouaregood. 3. Next,youwillbeusingtheerasertooltodeletesomeofthebackground (minehappenstobewhite).Byremovingmostofthebackgroundcolor,it savesyoutime. 4. Youwillgoallthewayaroundtheimageonbothsidesascloseasyoucan tothehair,itshouldappearcheckered.

  3. 5. Nextyouwillwanttoaddanewlayer,gothebottomrighthandsideand clickonnewlayer. 6. Thengobacktothebottomandchooseiconadjustments.Leftclickon thatandchoosesolidcolor.

  4. 7. Whenthecolorcomesup,Iwouldchooseadarkcolor,darkblueetc.It’s soIcanseeifthereareanywhitebitsleftinbackground. 8. Nowwearegoingtogetridofallthatwhiteandmakeitwhatevercolor wewant.

  5. 9. Nowgobacktothebackgrounderasertooltothelefthandsideofthe page. 10.Gotothetopofthepagetothebrushsize,wheretheoptionsareset.I haveitat100butyoucanusesmallerifyouwant,(ie.70),anduseasoft edge.Thengojusttotherightandclickonsample1,themiddle eyedropper.

  6. 11.Thelimitsjusttotherightofthataresetatdiscontinuous. 12.Nexttothatistolerance,seta50%.Thenprotectforegroundcolorfollows makesuretocheckthat. 13.Nowyouwillclickonawhitebitwiththeleftmousebuttonhelddown, clickingonthewhitebitandgoinandallaroundthehairasyoucontinue toholddownthemouse. Youareusingsampling1,soitisthedarkblue coloryouoriginallychose.

  7. 14.Continueallthewayaround,don’tgettoofarintothehairjustthewhite14.Continueallthewayaround,don’tgettoofarintothehairjustthewhite areas. 15.Youshouldhavetakenoutmostofthewhiteexceptforatinywhite outlinearoundtheedgeofthehair.

  8. 16.Nowifyouchoosetochangethecolor,doubleclickonlayerthumbnailof16.Nowifyouchoosetochangethecolor,doubleclickonlayerthumbnailof colorfill1layerandaboxwillpopup. 17.Maybeyouwanttotryalightercolor;ifyoudousealightercolorthen youwouldnotseethewhiteedging.

  9. 18.Howeverifyouusedarkercolorsthenyouseethewhitebitsattheedge.18.Howeverifyouusedarkercolorsthenyouseethewhitebitsattheedge. 19.Gotothelefthandsideagainandselecttheburntool(thelittlehand holdingfingerstogether).

  10. 20.Gobacktothelayerandthenatthetopwhereitsaysrange,youselect midtonesandexposure100%. 21.Thenyouusethetooltogooveralltheedgesofthehair,darkeningthem up,gettingridofsomeofthewhite.

  11. 22.Nowthatmostofthewhiteedgehasbeenremoved,youcanuseany numberofdarkbackgroundcolors,noproblem. IfitisfinishedyoucanclickOKandyouaredone.Ifthebackgroundweremulti coloreditwouldbemoredifficult.Butthereyouhaveit. ThisisatutorialonhowtoremovebackgroundaroundhairusingPhotoshop CS5,butotherversionswillworktoo.Alsoyoucanreadmytutorialonhowto removebackgroundfromproductimageusingPhotoshop. Sothereyouhaveit,astraightforwardmethodofremovingbackgroundfromthe HairImage. Thissimpleprocesscanalsobeusedtoadddifferentbackgrounds toyourimageaswell. Tutorialpublishedon http://www.clippingpathindia.com/blog/2014/03/14/how-to-remove-background-from-hair-image/ Abouttheauthor: RokaiyaYeasminMunni GraphicDesigner,SEOSpecialistandDeputyManager (MarketingDivision) AtOutsourceExpertsLtd,whichisthemothercompanyof ClippingPathIndia

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