Choose Edit > Define Brush Preset to make the black and white hair image into a brush.Select the Burn tool, set the Range to Shadows, and paint over the hair to make it darker.Select the Dodge tool, set the Range to Highlights, and paint on any gray areas in the background to make them white.Choose Image > Adjustments > Levels, and drag the Input Levels sliders to turn the background white and the hair black.Remove the color by choosing Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.With the Crop tool, crop the hair photo so that the only area visible is the hair that you want to turn into a brush.Then create a custom brush out of the hair. Find a photo with a solid background that has a lot of contrast with the hair. Sometimes you’ll get better results if you use hair from another image to create and paint in strands of hair.

Painting in digital hair will make the result look more realistic.

Drag the Shift Edge slider to the right to move the mask edge inward and hide imperfections.

Select the Refine Edge Brush tool, and drag over the edge of the hair.Go back into the Select and Mask workspace to focus on masking the hair.Choose Output To > Layer Mask, and click OK.

Soften the mask edges by dragging the feather slider to the right.Then drag the Smooth slider to the right to minimize jaggedness on the mask edge. In the Select and Mask workspace, use the sliders to refine the edge of the layer mask.With the layer mask thumbnail on the portrait layer selected, choose Select > Select and Mask.Alternatively, you could use Select > Subject or the Quick Selection tool to select the person, and then click the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the Layers panel to make a mask from your selection.This automatically creates a layer mask that hides the background around the person. In the Properties panel, go to Quick Actions and click Remove Background.Open an image of a person, and select the layer that contains the person-the portrait layer.What you learned: Mask hair, and paint in hair strands using hair from another image

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