Deep Etching

Using CS3 is the bomb. A quick question. I been struggling with
accurately deep etcing hair. I saw once this dood using some kind of
masking technique to select hai in the most accurate way. Can someone
give me a step by step instruction of how to go about this process. I
NEED HELP. I been given a job and I need to change hair colour.

Regards
Linda Mgcina

Crunchy wrote:

> Using CS3 is the bomb. A quick question. I been struggling with
> accurately deep etcing hair. I saw once this dood using some kind
> of masking technique to select hai in the most accurate way. Can
> someone give me a step by step instruction of how to go about this
> process. I NEED HELP. I been given a job and I need to change
> hair colour.
>
> Regards
> Linda Mgcina

It would be helpful to know more about the image you're working with.
The method needed can vary from image to image.

For instance:
What color is the hair now, and what color does it need to be?
What kind of background is there, plain or busy? Is there contrast
between the hair and background?

There are some tutorials on the web for masking hair using channels.
One of these may help:

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/select-hair-by-using-channels.html
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/remove_backgrounds/index.html


Also, here's one on changing hair color:
http://tutorialblog.org/photo-retouching-change-hair-color


--
Lee


It is much easier to suggest solutions when you know nothing
about the problem.