Henrik Zetterberg

[playmaker7]

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[newsteenfan]

I have a question. What is your technique for hair? You seem to be real good at it.

 

[passion.gfx]

The visor looks not that smooth. And the hair is awesome!

 

[playmaker7]

I have a question. What is your technique for hair? You seem to be real good at it.

Well in this cut, I didn't add anything to the hair. I just cut it like it was in the picture lol. Usually though I'll add a new layer, zoom in, and add hair like pencil tool to the hair and then blur it to make it look better. But I didn't do it here.

 

[newsteenfan]

Yeah, thought so. I've been experimenting wtih a 1px hard brush and smudging/blurring. Pretty tedious when you're cutting out models though.

 

[playmaker7]

Yeah, thought so. I've been experimenting wtih a 1px hard brush and smudging/blurring. Pretty tedious when you're cutting out models though.

IDK what a hard brush is lol. And models have so much hair. That technique will come in handy.

 

[newsteenfan]

Do you have a tablet? I have a Wacom so often with models i'll do filter > extract and then blend the edges in to make them less..uh, yucky. Works but I can only do it with a tablet.

Using channels is another way but I haven't figured it out yet.

 

[playmaker7]

Do you have a tablet? I have a Wacom so often with models i'll do filter > extract and then blend the edges in to make them less..uh, yucky. Works but I can only do it with a tablet.

Using channels is another way but I haven't figured it out yet.

Nope I dont have a tablet...and IDK what channels do. I've done 300+ cuts and I've never used/heard of alot of things lol

 

[newsteenfan]

Channels supposedly work well with hair. Channels tab, click the different channels to find the most contrast, calculation and a levels adjustment to make it as dark as possible and use the burn and dodge tool (on overlay) to erase the background.

It basically takes the player/model and makes it black, and takes the background and makes it white. And with the dodge being on overlay, it doesn't erase the black. But like I said, I can't get it right even though I've seen videos.

The most frustrating part of photoshop for me.

 

[jarrod2323]

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