Image with white around edges.

[jpmacco]

I have an image that has a tiny bit of white around the edges of people's hair so it is very difficult to get rid of without erasing the hair. I've tried the erase, magic wand and laso tool but it doesn't get rid of all the white.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

John

[fenix]

Blow it up, apply a new layer and use the clone tool

[SeniorS]

Don't quite understand. Can you show image.

[ibclare]

Yes, do show us the image. If the image is a result of a rough selection, then there will generally be cleanup that's needed. But even if the people are still part of a composition, there are ways to extract the hair. But these methods also remove the background. If that is what you need to achieve there are several ways and tutorials to guide you. Senior S can provide a link to one which I found the easiest, cleanest, and fastest method (and I have tried 5 or 6 tutorials so far). Otherwise, fenix has the right idea with the clone tool. You could also try painting in some of it which is what I would do, combine clone & paint, and maybe a few other tools. Work on a separate layer whatever you do, not directly on the original.

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

Hi jpmacco

Welcome to PhotoShop Gurus

As we all know, selecting hair is a very tricky task, it will come down, to the right selection technique you used, in this case i'll recommend reading this.
Photoshop Challenge Week #10
Hair extracting

Hope this helps

[jpmacco]

Actually, I did it. I mostly used the eraser tool getting rid of all the white then the clone and brush and smudge tools to fill in the missing hair. It looks fine.

Thanks for your help!

John