TUTORIAL - Covering up roots

[syeuk2002]

Hi all,

I thought i'd share this little tip...
This was done in Photoshop CS3.



Step 1.
Open up your image and make any adjustments to the hair that may be needed.

Step 2.
Make a new blank layer above the background.
Change its Blending Mode to Colour.

Step 3.
Take your eyedropper tool (set to 5x5) and click on a nice bright part of hair to get a colour sample.

Step 4.
Start brushing in colour with a nice soft brush on your blank layer. Do this until you have covered all the roots.

Step 5.
Now lower the Opacity of the new layer until the effect looks convincing.

Step 6.
If you can see any brush strokes, apply a Gaussian blur to your new layer to soften them up.

Step 7.
Make sure you play around with the Opacity to find the best blend.


I hope this tutorial is of use to someone.
If you decide to have a go i'd love to see before/after.

If you like this please leave a comment & i'll do some more.



Cheers

Simon
XD

[PHIL THE FRAME]

Many thanks Simon for taking the time and effort in posting this this will be a great help to many

[switchik]

eloW... nice editing... im actually new on board.. My name's Margrette and Im currently taking up photo editing workshop at International Academy of film and television.. this is actually the first photo i've edited... what do you think? do you might think that it'l look better with sepia tone?or B&W? Thats actually a picture of me...hehehe... iM taking up modelin' classes too...

hOpe to hEar frOm you...

[syeuk2002]

Not looking bad so far Margrette. I'd like to see the eye's sharper.

Can i see the original for comparison?