Get the Image You Want: Essential Photoshop Editing Techniques

Problem : Solution Remove a complex image from its background

Problem: Difficulty removing a highly detailed object from an image.

Solution: Paint in the details.

When removing a person from the original background, hair usually poses the biggest problem. This is simply because hair is very fine and flows in all directions. If the image has a relatively neutral background the process of removal can be simplified greatly, but if the background values match those of the hair, you're in for a wild ride.

Take, for example, the image shown in our Problem ...