Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Painting and editing the third-pass mask, part of Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Hair.
In this exercise, we're going to try our hand at selecting these hairs in the…lower left region of the image, and we're also going to try to build out some of…the hairs in the lower right region and we'll do so by building a third pass…mask from the blue channel.…I've saved my progress as Combined calculations.psd dfound inside the 04_tough folder.…The reason we're going to work from the blue channel is we've pretty much…exhausted our calculation options here.…You could try some others if you like but it seems to me that only the blue…channel provides any hope for this lower left region, because after all if you…zoom-in on it and take a close look you'll see that the dark areas inside the…channel are actually representative of the background and the bright areas, the…relatively bright areas that is are representative of the actual hair.…
Now that's not always the case of course.…Once we start getting into some of these regions, the hair ends up darkening up…and we've got some real problems right here, we are going to pretty much build…
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12/21/2011- Understanding the Calculations command
- Calculating masks with the Subtract and Add modes
- Enhancing a mask with Apply Image
- Creating a traditional blue screen mask
- Masking dark hair against a busy background
- Painting in missing hairs with a Wacom tablet
- Masking blonde hair and flames
- Performing selective edits with Dodge and Burn
- Masking a difficult image in multiple passes
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 10s
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1. Calculating a Hair Mask
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Compositing dark hair5m 47s
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2. Masking Dark Hair
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Creating a contrast mask4m 34s
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Cleaning up a base mask5m 55s
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Reinstating missing details5m 12s
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Building a second-pass mask6m 30s
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Smudging bad transitions5m 19s
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Matching the light source3m 50s
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3. Masking Light Hair
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Calculating blonde hair4m 50s
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Painting in Airbrush mode4m 30s
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Building a flame mask7m 25s
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4. Masking the Tough Stuff
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 17s
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