The main window will now turn black and white. Press “Ctrl/Cmd+D” to Deselect and click on Alpha 1 in the channels palette. Click the save selection as channel button, it’s the second one to the left on the bottom of the channels palette.
With the selection active, switch to the Channels palette. Tip: To add a color to the selection click on the eyedropper tool with the plus sign and click in the image. Move the Fuzziness slider until the image is mostly black and the background is a clean as you can get it. You will see the selected color turn white in the dialog box. When the Color Range Dialog box open, choose the Left Eye Dropper tool and click on the background color in the image window (pink). Hide the background by clicking off its visibility icon. This way the original is preserved on the background and we are working on a duplicated layer. Making selections and cutting out hair in photoshop CC The advanced method of making selections Step 1 I have made an updated tutorial below for Photoshop CC 2019+ Refine Edge in CS6 and earlier We also have another method of extracting in this free video tutorial
