For anyone else working with a NONWHITE or COMPLEX background: SOLUTION 1: instead of using the "Sampling Once" mode, I've had some success with the "Background Swatch" mode. To use this it's really simple: eyedrop the foreground color (the color you don't want erased) then switch to your secondary swatch (x) and eyedrop the background color you're trying to erase. Switch the the foreground color: whichever color is ACTIVE is the one that the eraser will try to preserve, while the INACTIVE or "background" color will be erased. You'll need to play around with the tolerances just a bit, but it'll work much better for you than sample once, I've found. SOLUTION 2: Sometimes with seriously annoying backgrounds, or backgrounds that are close in color to your subject's hair, this may seem tedious but it might SAVE you time (esp if you have an ipad): Use the selection tools to cut out your subject without the wisps of hair (I usually start with Select Subject, then clean things up using the lasso (on my ipad) or the polygonal lasso (much cleaner: 9/10 no one will notice perfectly straight lines... so just zoom in for more organic curves or switch tools, using the additive selection option); don't be afraid of Select Subject. It WILL save you loads of time. Focus on cleaning up that selection). Once you have that done, mask your subject and then create a new layer, eyedrop the color of the hair, and "paint in" the wisps of hair using varying color samples and a very thin brush. Really try to blend it in... this takes a bit of artistry, but the bar is very low: zoomed out no one will notice the difference unless you're using too thick of a brush I've been struggling with this for the longest time with complex backgrounds, and I've been continuously pointed to the refine selection tool-which has a mind of it's own and never does what I need it to. This has been so helpful! The background removal tool is a little powerhouse. Thank you so much for this point in the right direction and for not being one of those annoying tutorialists that wastes the first five minutes of the tutorial. You got straight to the point, and I SO appreciate you respecting my time! Definitely going to look at more of your stuff! What a happy find!
This is ingenious! Ive just spent the whole evening trying to do hair. Then, after watching video after video which was just soooo complicated, I was about to give up THEN I came across this and VOILA!!! THANK YOU!!!
I learned several new things from your tutorial, specifically your technique for selecting hair and the drop shadow effect for more realistic eyewear compositing. Thank you.
Well of course it's easy in this video! That's virtually a white background with high contrast between the background and hair. Very rare we get that combination. Usually against a complex background and often close in color or value to the hair.
This is true - I would see this technique as most relevant to studio type situations where a photographer has purposefully photographed a subject them against a background where there is a lot of contrast. I imagine this happens a lot where photographers know what they want to do as opposed to working with random photographs. For cases with complex backgrounds, I have been trying some techniques using 5e colour channels and blend if that I have seen other videos discussing
This is easily one of the best tutorials I have seen in my life. Concise, incredibly informative, doesn't waste time by performing repetitive stuff once you explained it. I don't know how you learned all this stuff but you are a natural teacher for sure! We are musicians struggling with album cover design and trying to work around Cymk constraints . This is just a huge help . Thank you so much for posting this tutorial!!
Thank you - there are so many elaborate takes on this and yours is the most simplified I've been able to find, at least for what I needed to do. Appreciate it!
As useful and practical as it is, nothing beats manual background removal. Some pictures, especially of girls, have hair that is seemingly impossible to manipulate with the auto removal tool. Thanks for the tutorial, I didn't you could do that in the eraser section tools!
I'm so glad that when I clicked "Like" the number changed to 8k, Thank you Premiere Gal for this video, it is the easiest way to deepetch hair that I've seen in awhile, thank you
But what if the background is “busy” with multiple colors and various intensity? That is a tutorial we need to see when you erase a background with a person with the same difficult hair.
I enjoyed watching and then doing the steps and going back to repeat parts of the video. I did it and it came out really well. Thank you for doing this normally difficult task. now to remember it all. practice makes perfect!
i wish there was a button it said THIS IS THE VIDEO. GOSH I LOVE YOU. (I did puto amount of likes and this was not the first option). Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Great video! This technique is a far cry from using a selection tool to select the hair. I am behind the times. Plus, thanks for the tip on the glasses. I do get headaches by the end of the day from constant computer use.
Very helpful for my high school students as we will be isolating portraits, using effects and changing the background colors in the style of Andy Warhol. Thanks for the clear explanation of this tool!
Very nice tutorial i loved it. I wanna ask you what if i use the SELECT SUBJECT tool to get a jump start and next i continue with your method for getting the hair job done....
Good video! But i'm not sure about one thing: When you use the eraser tool on the blouse, doesn't seems to be a clean and smooth selection. I mean, doesn't seem to follow the shape of the blouse. I feel that if i zoom in in that picture, i would notice the background cropped. Maybe you can give an advice, or another way to make it look more realistic? Thank you!
Hi ,your methods of learning is so simple and impressive too, I'm a wedding photographer from India and wants to learn more about Adobe cc and premier pro too. Great full to you .
Hi, thanks for the tutorial. I needed to go back in to further refine the hair so I went back into select & mask and tried to use the refine brush but kept getting a message saying 'could not comeplete request becasue there was no selection to refine. Please make selection before using refine edge tool'. This is driving me mad. Are you able to talk us trough what we do if we have to go back into to further refine?
I learned something new about background eraser tool. Thanks! Premier can do so much now that I use Photoshop less and less. Also you are making glasses look cool!
![How To Remove a Background In Photoshop [For Beginners]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/K25F9RPrP9Q/mqdefault.jpg)
For anyone else working with a NONWHITE or COMPLEX background:
SOLUTION 1: instead of using the "Sampling Once" mode, I've had some success with the "Background Swatch" mode. To use this it's really simple: eyedrop the foreground color (the color you don't want erased) then switch to your secondary swatch (x) and eyedrop the background color you're trying to erase. Switch the the foreground color: whichever color is ACTIVE is the one that the eraser will try to preserve, while the INACTIVE or "background" color will be erased. You'll need to play around with the tolerances just a bit, but it'll work much better for you than sample once, I've found.
SOLUTION 2: Sometimes with seriously annoying backgrounds, or backgrounds that are close in color to your subject's hair, this may seem tedious but it might SAVE you time (esp if you have an ipad): Use the selection tools to cut out your subject without the wisps of hair (I usually start with Select Subject, then clean things up using the lasso (on my ipad) or the polygonal lasso (much cleaner: 9/10 no one will notice perfectly straight lines... so just zoom in for more organic curves or switch tools, using the additive selection option); don't be afraid of Select Subject. It WILL save you loads of time. Focus on cleaning up that selection). Once you have that done, mask your subject and then create a new layer, eyedrop the color of the hair, and "paint in" the wisps of hair using varying color samples and a very thin brush. Really try to blend it in... this takes a bit of artistry, but the bar is very low: zoomed out no one will notice the difference unless you're using too thick of a brush
I've been struggling with this for the longest time with complex backgrounds, and I've been continuously pointed to the refine selection tool-which has a mind of it's own and never does what I need it to. This has been so helpful! The background removal tool is a little powerhouse. Thank you so much for this point in the right direction and for not being one of those annoying tutorialists that wastes the first five minutes of the tutorial. You got straight to the point, and I SO appreciate you respecting my time! Definitely going to look at more of your stuff! What a happy find!
@AnonymouslyMe Lol wow! I totally forgot I wrote this f'n dissertation of a comment! I'm glad it helped! Which method did you use?
Thanks, I had more success with your method (solution #1) than the video in question.
This is ingenious! Ive just spent the whole evening trying to do hair. Then, after watching video after video which was just soooo complicated, I was about to give up THEN I came across this and VOILA!!! THANK YOU!!!
I learned several new things from your tutorial, specifically your technique for selecting hair and the drop shadow effect for more realistic eyewear compositing. Thank you.
Simply the best tutorial i have watched and practiced with for cutting hair from background. SIMPLY THE BEST!! Thank You!
Well of course it's easy in this video! That's virtually a white background with high contrast between the background and hair. Very rare we get that combination. Usually against a complex background and often close in color or value to the hair.
I agree.
@@TonyBabarino Agree totally.
Totally agree. These are non realistic situations when asked to photoshop hair.
i concur
This is true - I would see this technique as most relevant to studio type situations where a photographer has purposefully photographed a subject them against a background where there is a lot of contrast. I imagine this happens a lot where photographers know what they want to do as opposed to working with random photographs. For cases with complex backgrounds, I have been trying some techniques using 5e colour channels and blend if that I have seen other videos discussing
This is easily one of the best tutorials I have seen in my life. Concise, incredibly informative, doesn't waste time by performing repetitive stuff once you explained it. I don't know how you learned all this stuff but you are a natural teacher for sure! We are musicians struggling with album cover design and trying to work around Cymk constraints . This is just a huge help . Thank you so much for posting this tutorial!!
Was having trouble removing wispy hair and this did the trick. Thank you so much!
Girl! you are genius, you have solved the issues I have been facing since I learned photoshop.
Finally someone did curly hair with photo background removed! Thank you!!!!!
One of the BEST tuts have ever come across. So helpful.
Thank you - there are so many elaborate takes on this and yours is the most simplified I've been able to find, at least for what I needed to do. Appreciate it!
As useful and practical as it is, nothing beats manual background removal. Some pictures, especially of girls, have hair that is seemingly impossible to manipulate with the auto removal tool. Thanks for the tutorial, I didn't you could do that in the eraser section tools!
This video is amazing, i was looking on another video how to select hair and was 1 minute and useless, this is very very well explained. Well done!
I'm so glad that when I clicked "Like" the number changed to 8k, Thank you Premiere Gal for this video, it is the easiest way to deepetch hair that I've seen in awhile, thank you
Step up from the magic wand tool.... great video
But what if the background is “busy” with multiple colors and various intensity? That is a tutorial we need to see when you erase a background with a person with the same difficult hair.
I enjoyed watching and then doing the steps and going back to repeat parts of the video. I did it and it came out really well. Thank you for doing this normally difficult task. now to remember it all. practice makes perfect!
This is the most useful photoshop tutorial I have watched.
this rescued my life in last second! Thank you!
i wish there was a button it said THIS IS THE VIDEO. GOSH I LOVE YOU. (I did puto amount of likes and this was not the first option). Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Best tutorial I’ve seen so far. Thank you for this 🥺
Just perfect! Precisely what I needed. Thank you!!
Girl you are awesome, I have watched tons of background removal tutorials, Yours is by far the best. Subscribed.
Such a simple yet effective technique! Thank you so much!
Great video! This technique is a far cry from using a selection tool to select the hair. I am behind the times. Plus, thanks for the tip on the glasses. I do get headaches by the end of the day from constant computer use.
Very helpful for my high school students as we will be isolating portraits, using effects and changing the background colors in the style of Andy Warhol. Thanks for the clear explanation of this tool!
Cool stuff, kind of precious tutorials.....................Big Thanks Dear ! ! ! !
Thank you! This is such an easy method for dealing with hair.
Easily one of the best tutorials ever for hair selection. Great job!!❤❤
Thank you so much !!!! Cheers from Tijuana!
SIMPLY THE BEST!! Thank You!
Thank you for taking the time to make the vid, I needed a refresher course.
Great video 👌very helpful 🧡
great lady teacher, thanks and greetings from Timor-Leste
Looking pretty fly there, PG! Thanks for an awesome video!
this just saved me A LOT of time. I had to cut an image of grass and it was driving me crazy
Been through sooo many videos and you my dear explained it the best and made it so simple to understand. Thank you!
Thank U Mam. I am Pinaki from India. Mighty God bless U.
Very nice tutorial i loved it. I wanna ask you what if i use the SELECT SUBJECT tool to get a jump start and next i continue with your method for getting the hair job done....
Very thankful to you for posting this vid...im searching for this tip i saw many vids but i perfectly understood this one...
Amazing video! thank you
the most effective tutorial i've seen today👍
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. God bless you🙌🙌🙏🙏
🤣😂🤣😂 changing the glasses part is so funny, nice tut
I watch a lot of tutorial videos and you did a wonderful job in explaining what you were doing and why. Thank you!
Thank you very much! And very calmly spoken. I love it
Awesome job teaching, very precise at attainable speed, good work, I want more..,!!!
Awesome work mam 👍
I really enjoy this tutorial.. Well explained.
Good video! But i'm not sure about one thing:
When you use the eraser tool on the blouse, doesn't seems to be a clean and smooth selection. I mean, doesn't seem to follow the shape of the blouse. I feel that if i zoom in in that picture, i would notice the background cropped.
Maybe you can give an advice, or another way to make it look more realistic?
Thank you!
I've just commented on this. Use the pen tool people!
Great video. Thank you
Mis you're brilliant ❤️❤️👌
very simple to understand tutorial
Ook, you just save me a lot of time and money! Great tutorial!
That's what I was looking for. Thank you soooo much!
Amazing and very useful video love u❤❤❤❤❤
wow, time saver!!! Thank you Thank you so much for the video. really really you made my day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I enjoyed this tutorial! Thx
geez this is so much effective than using Color Range!!!! Thank you!
Excelent!! Thanks to share your knowledge
Hi ,your methods of learning is so simple and impressive too, I'm a wedding photographer from India and wants to learn more about Adobe cc and premier pro too. Great full to you .
Da Vinci resolve color grading
Thank You Thank You Thank You GAL! Your tutorial helps me a ton
Excellent video.
Thank you, this is the easiest tutorial, you are a real tutor, I am starting to like this mess called photoshop))
This tutorial was a life saver. Thank you so much.
VERY IMPRESIVE AND ALSO INTRESTING , FROM MY END NEED MORE TUTORIALS TO LEARN BECAUSE IM INTRESTED IN THIS VIDEOS
This is Really easy & Incredible way .. thank you so much
Thank you for this excellent tutorial. Will use your methods in next project,
you are a legend!
Impressed with the removal of the background. Can you tell me if you did a tutorial for using the mask tool
Akan coba aku praktekkan...
Thank you for this video
I actually like your voice. Good tutorial!
Very nice tutorial. Thanks
Hi, thanks for the tutorial. I needed to go back in to further refine the hair so I went back into select & mask and tried to use the refine brush but kept getting a message saying 'could not comeplete request becasue there was no selection to refine. Please make selection before using refine edge tool'. This is driving me mad. Are you able to talk us trough what we do if we have to go back into to further refine?
U r awesome, thank u very very much. Its the easiest way to crop background
I learned something new about background eraser tool. Thanks! Premier can do so much now that I use Photoshop less and less. Also you are making glasses look cool!
I wish Pr had the background eraser tool!
@@PremiereGal Someday!
Your tutorial is better than I thought it would be. so... thank you. it has helped me.
Really helpful tutorial! Thank you.
Really easy to follow instructions thank you!!
Many thanks!!
Thank you Mem . Very useful and super technique apply you this tutorial . I'm very new of graphics student so that this tutorial awesome for new .
Thank you, Thank you, and Thank you :)
Helped me a lot
Your videos are very interesting and you have a very warm narration.
I would like to know, How can I generate shine on glass or metal objects?
thank you for tutorial.
super....... Need more in this regards.... how to do hair masking with multi colour back ground
thanks Gal!
this is great, thanks
Great video
nice video killjoy
Thanks for this tutorial Gal, It's really great and very usefull. B. regards
Thanks for sharing this video
A Great great video
Nice work
such an amazing way to teach, awesome
This is really cool. I literally tried to do this to find some blue protective glasses and failed making it look this realistic. Imma try again. 😋
I never used this tool for bg but now i will give a try, nice work.
Great video, great techniques, very calmly spoken! Got me out of trouble! Thanks.
That is an awesome video tutorial. That helped me out so much. Thanks
Thank you so much 💓 love from India