PS skillfully use masks to key out hair edges

Do not know if you have such an experience, want to take documents, but do not want to go to the studio, so you want to make a picture for the background on the line. OK, this time a lot of people start all kinds of photos, to change the background when it is difficult, all kinds of hair "elegant", manual cutout completely can not pull out, if completely remove the part of the edge of hair, will lose the original image of the feeling. Baidu read a lot of information, very many ways, I tried it again, feel the use of masks or more useful, the following to introduce the practice:

1. First of all to find a picture, so I casually find a picture of Baidu Image gallery (invasion delete), as follows:

2. Open this map in PS, first use the Quick selection tool in the left sidebar, roughly outline a selection, the hair details can not be too tangled, here is my outline of a constituency, relatively rough for reference only:

3. At this time to start creating a template, here is not a quick mask, create a method as shown below:

The creation will find that, in addition to the image you just sketched, the default is a transparent color. From the toolbar above, select Window-Properties and select Mask Edge to see the following image:

From the above image, there is a drop-down box option in the first column view mode, I choose the white bottom, because the hair is dark, the white bottom contrast will be stronger, of course, you can choose the actual situation of other options. Then adjust the RADIUS tool in the click Graph, which is a bit like a brush, and the second option is to clear the wrong place.

Now move the mouse to the diagram, the icon will become a circle type, resize is this "" two keys, and then in the image of the hair part of the smear, in order to show the clear, the following image exaggeration:

Then click on the color in the Output properties box, and then adjust the value according to your actual situation, check box or "output to new layer with layer mask",

Then click OK to do it.

4. Add your own favorite background can be, I add a photo of the more common red, the following image effect:

Let's see. The hair is roughly keyed out. Of course, there are flaws, this is an example and ideas, the pursuit of perfect friends can further adjust the properties of the mask.