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Hair Color Changing


Original:

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One of the possible colors:

Hair Color Changing Tutorial: Final Result

In this tutorial we'll learn how to change hair color in Adobe Photoshop. First of all we need to select hair. Photoshop offers a few methods to do that- using Channels, Extract, KnockOut and MaskPro plug-ins, Lasso, Magic Wand, Pen and other tools. This time we'll use good old Quick Mask. Open your picture in Adobe Photoshop. I took a photo of my favorite actress Anastasiya Zavorotnyuk.

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Click on the indicated icon of Quick Mask or press Q on your keyboard.

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Double click on this icon to go to it's options: Activate Selected Areas.

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Take soft Brush and start selecting hair:

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You can easily change your brush size by pressing [ (to make it smaller) and ] (to make it bigger) on your keyboard:

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All hair is in red now:

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Hit Q on your keyboard and all hair is selected. If you have some unwanted areas that are selected, or you have selected too much, go back to Quick Mask by pressing Q again. Use Eraser to erase or Brush to select.

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Press Ctrl+J on your keyboard to make a new layer via copy. In layers window you can see a new layer:

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Go to Image-Adjustments-Color Balance or press Ctrl+B. Set the following settings:

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Hair color changes:

Hair Color Changing Tutorial: Final Result

Change some settings:

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Oh, my gosh! Hair color changes again %)

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Try another settings:

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And get another color:

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Have a good day! ;0)



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