Changing a photo's background and preserving outlines

[TheMayorByNight]

Hello. Although changing the background on relatively simple pictures is easy, I'm having a great deal of trouble whenever there's hair involved (for example a person sitting infront of a backdrop at a portrait studio). No matter what, I just can't capture the subtle strands of hair that poked out at times or (and this is more common) I can't find a realistic way to delete the old background that pokes through the hair without it looking too soft around the edges. Any ides?

[Nanls]

Try this tutorial. If you can get your head wrapped around it, it is worth the effort: http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/AdvancedMasking.mov
~Nancy~

[Flora]

Hi TheMayorByNight,

Welcome to RP!

Beside the link to the excellent Russel Brown Tutorial posted by Nancy, you could read the following Threads on this topic:

Help making masks of hair?
Hair from hell!
Whispy Hair Woes...

Hope this helps...