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Step Four:
Okay, here comes a very important part of this stage of the process, and that is making sure
that when you select her hair, you don't select any background area with it. In other words,
don't let there be any hair selected with gray background showing through. In fact, I basic-
ally follow the rule that I don't get too close to the outside edges of my subject's hair unless
an area is pretty flat (in other words, no flyaway, tough-to-select hair in that area). You can
see what I mean in the close-up here, where I avoided the thinner edges of her hair (we'll
let Photoshop select those hard parts—we'll just get close to the edge then stop). Also, you
can see where I stopped before some areas where the hair is finer. Again, we'll let Pho-
toshop grab those parts later, but for now we're most concerned with avoiding selecting
areas where you can see gray background through her hair. If you accidentally select an
area with gaps, then it's okay to, with the Quick Selection tool, press-and-hold the Option
(PC: Alt) key, and paint over those gap areas to deselect them.
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Step Five:
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