selecting hair on children

[mkhcoug]

I'm trying to select a child out of a picture, she has very wispy hair. any ideas on how to select those wisps and eliminate te blue desk that is behind her.

[Diana]

Hi Mkhcoug... welcome to Elements Village. Here's an old thread dealing with a similar situation:

http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=170685#post170685
[see post #8]

Also, at the subscriber site associated with this forum....
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...you can get a subscription to a great glossy magazine-type bi-monthly newsletter, Photoshop Elements Techniques. This topic was just covered in the May/June 09 issue, as well as a great in-depth article on Layers, and other topics. In addition to subscriptions, you can also purchase a PDF copy of any of the back issues. A subscriptions also includes almost 300 video tutorials and many written tutorials on using PSE.

Diana

[Wendy]

Hi ...

... and welcome to the Village :)

Hair really can be difficult to select but if you take your time, zoom on and just do a little at a time then you will be OK.

Wendy