Selections and Cutouts - The Photoshop: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - page 67

Figure 1.79
3. With the Lasso tool, make a rough selection around the tail hair. Then go to Select
> Inverse so that everything but the tail hair is selected. Then go to Edit > Fill and
choose White from the Contents menu. Click OK, and then choose Select >
Deselect.
4. Choose Image > Adjustments > Levels. With the White Point Eyedropper, click an
area of the background around the tail hair; with the Black Point Eyedropper, click
the hair.
5. There remain a few gray areas around the hair ( Figure 1.80 ) . Set the foreground
color to white. Choose a medium soft-edged brush and in the options bar choose