How to Change Hair Color Using Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a digital image editing program. Photoshop users can use the program to change the hair color of a photograph's subject. Seeing how someone looks with purple or green hair can be a laugh. But experimenting with hair color can also be helpful. Photoshop manipulations let users considering a new hair color test out a color before committing themselves to a drastic change.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
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Open the photo you want to use for your hair color experiment in Photoshop.
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Select a soft edged brush from the "Brush" menu. Scroll through the available brush sizes and select an appropriate one. The smaller the area covered by the hair in the photo, the smaller the brush you will need.
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Press the "Q" key to activate Quick Mask Mode.
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Use the brush you selected to trace the perimeter of the hair. Select the eraser and use it to correct mistakes at any point.
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Hit the "Q" key again to turn off Quick Mask Mode. You should now see the outline of the hair selected.
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Select "Inverse" from the "Selection" menu. The inverse command reverses the current selection so that the hair becomes the selected object.
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Choose the "New Fill Layer" option from the "Layer" menu. In the "New Fill Layer" window, you will see your file, "Color Fill 1." Change this name to your liking.
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Use the "Color" drop-down menu to select the desired color.
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Tweak the hair color by experimenting with hue, light, saturation and other options in the "Mode" drop-down menu. Do so until you achieve the look you are after.
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Tips & Warnings
You can revert to the original image without permanently erasing the newly created hair color. In the "Layers" tab, locate the layer corresponding to the outline of the hair you created. Turn this layer off by deselecting the eyeball icon next to that layer.
