Hair Technique

[Paris]

Hair detail can make or break a design. It's plain and simple. That's why it's important for every deigner to know how to cut hair out and redraw her/his own hair strands in order to have complete control over the design.

After you have cutout and transformed your image through lighting and recoloring, there is an awkward edge where flowing hair stranding should be.

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It's very difficult pull the original hair strands with the busy background with a chroma key, so it's time to make our own.

This is how I create my hair brush:
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Before
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After
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The fade length determines the length of the hair strand.
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It is best to create a layer for each hair strand and vary the hair colors and opacity. I never have a hair strand layer over 70% opacity because hair is not opaque. Also try to draw hair above and behind the image. Hair behind the image is for hair that has been backlit.

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I hope this helps

[M0vieM0nster]

Nice tutorial Paris

[joaoattitude]

Nice tutorial, I believe will help a lot those people who do not know. I use another technique, with ReMask3.

[sauron]

Nice tips

[Nightrider]

Handy indeed, thanks for taking the time mate

[Fidi]

Thank you, very heloful I hope!

[venome]

Great advice. I hope more and more designers will use techniques as above to improve their designs.

[JollyRoger]

All of the above!