Hi guys,
I was wondering whether someone could help me with a cut out problem I am dealing.
I have to cut out out a dozen of hair images and place them to a black background (this was decided from the client after the shoot).
Having in mind Lee Varis's technique from retouch pro live show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNJoF4lytkA) I told the photographer to shoot the models on a grey 18% grey background.
Unfortunately, it's not working very well if the background you want to use is black. I am using various ways to mask out the hair (refine edge/channels) but at the end they don't look that natural on the black.
If anyone could suggest how I can make this work (any method or tutorial I could use either for the cut out of for the grey bleeding that remains...) I would greatly appreciate.
Thank you in advance
Nikos
I was wondering whether someone could help me with a cut out problem I am dealing.
I have to cut out out a dozen of hair images and place them to a black background (this was decided from the client after the shoot).
Having in mind Lee Varis's technique from retouch pro live show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNJoF4lytkA) I told the photographer to shoot the models on a grey 18% grey background.
Unfortunately, it's not working very well if the background you want to use is black. I am using various ways to mask out the hair (refine edge/channels) but at the end they don't look that natural on the black.
If anyone could suggest how I can make this work (any method or tutorial I could use either for the cut out of for the grey bleeding that remains...) I would greatly appreciate.
Thank you in advance
Nikos
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