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…I can’t get no hair extraction
So imagine you land a job doing an album cover composite.
‘Great’ you think, as you look over the brief.
‘This’ll make a great credit and portfolio piece!’
You read on and your elation turns to panic as you reach the line ‘Mr. Jagger riding a camel ‘
‘But but Mick’s hair is so bouncy and luscious, and a camel so wiry!’ you might well think. I know I did.
‘It’s a selection nightmare!’
Well not any more apparently, Photoshop CS5’s ‘Refine Edge’ dialog has been vastly improved as this video demonstrates.Ignoring for a moment the fact that someone appears to have drop kicked a small child across the room at the precise moment someone photographed their sleeping cat (it’s happened to all of us right?), this all looks pretty impressive. Mention ‘hair selection’ to any retoucher and you’ll see the same nervous twitch, as we remember the part of the job when we realise that there isn’t much left to path with the pen tool, and the relatively simple part ends abruptly with a massive…
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Thanks for linking through to my article guys
Daniel Meadows
Professional Retouching