Specific Background removal

[MADNESS_NH_97]

Could someone remove the background from this image for me?

 

[Rich54]

The first attachment is on a blue background so that you can see the selection detail. The second attachment is a PNG file with a transparent background that you can place into any image.

 

[MADNESS_NH_97]

The first attachment is on a blue background so that you can see the selection detail. The second attachment is a PNG file with a transparent background that you can place into any image.

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Thanks, this is great. May I ask what technique you where using?

 

[Rich54]

Thank you. For the jaw, neck and body I used the Pen Tool to make a selection, to which I applied a 1-pixel feather. For the hair, I used a combination of the tutorial below, plus the Refine Edge feature built into Photoshop. I rarely have success with Refine Edge, but in this particular case the background is very uniform and it worked well. The tutorial has a lot of good tips, especially the part about dealing with fringes in your mask (at approx. 13:30 in the video).

 

[Rich54]

As I was replying to your question I noticed an area of hair (upper-right part of image) where I had masked away too much. I think this version is better.

 

[MADNESS_NH_97]

As I was replying to your question I noticed an area of hair (upper-right part of image) where I had masked away too much. I think this version is better.

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Yeah, that looks better. Thanks again. I'll check out that tutorial, I don't remember ever watching it, even though I follow that channel.