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Change hair color the right way using Photoshop
There are many ways to change the color of a hair on a photo, let me show you one of the best and efficient ones using Photoshop.
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Open a photo with the person you want to change hair color.
I'm going to experiment with hair of the ever so lovely Claire Forlani.
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Choose the Quick Selection Tool (W for a keyboard shorcut).
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Select the hair on a person.
Click here, for the tutorial explaining how to use the Quick Selection Tool.
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In the Refine Edge settings window set View to On White.
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Set Radius to about 30 px (see picture).
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Choose Refine Radius Tool ...
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... and start deselecting the parts of the selection that shouldn't be selected.
A bit of clothing in my case. The final result depends on how much time you are willing to invest in fine selections and deselections.
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Click OK, to confirm the changes.
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Now click Create new fill or adjustment layer and choose Selective Color.
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A new adjustment layer with a mask should appear in your Layer window (see picture).
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In Selective Colors window set Colors to Neutrals.
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Now play with the color sliders to achieve the hair color of your choice (see picture).
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