Tutorial on how to cut out complex animal fur using Photoshop

Original picture

final renderings

1) Use photoshop to open this material picture. Our task is to separate the dog from the complex background.

2) Observe carefully, except for the dog tail part, the background can be seen as a solid color background. I don’t know if you can see it? ? My method is to divide the cutout into several cutouts with a single solid color background. (Why do you want to use a solid color background? There is only one answer, that is, it is easier to cut out, and the cut out image will lose less)

3) Just do it, press the L key, switch to the lasso tool, cut out the "dog head", press Ctrl+Alt+D keys, feather 10 pixels, and treat the specific picture differently. As shown in the picture:

4) Press Ctrl+J twice to get two new layers of dog heads. And press Ctrl+Shift+U keys on the layer to remove the color, as shown in the figure:

5) Create a new layer 2 and fill it with a color. I chose blue as the new background image. Then change the blending mode of layer 1 to hard light, and then hide the copy of layer 1, as shown in the figure:

6) Execute the Image->Adjustment->Brightness/Contrast command on layer 1, and set it as shown in the figure:

7) Use the eraser tool to erase some noise parts. As shown in the picture:

8) Display the copy of layer 1, then add a layer mask and paint the unnecessary parts with the brush tool.

9) In this way, the dog head part is cut out, and the lower part of the dog is reached. At first glance, it is indeed not a pure background, but we can artificially create a pure background by using the stamp tool.
To facilitate observation, I created a layer group and put the contents of the dog head into it.

Copy a copy of the background layer and put it on top, then create a new layer 3. Remember to check "Use for all layers" in the stamp tool options. (Novices will definitely wonder why they do this. I can tell you that the purpose of this is if If the repair is not successful, just delete layer 3, because using the stamp tool requires many steps, and PS can only record 20 steps by default. If the repair is weird, you should leave a way out for yourself) Use the stamp tool to paint the seams of those floors to make them the same as the floor, setting the stage for a solid background.

When you're done smearing, press Ctrl+E to merge the layers downward:.

10) Press the L key and switch to the lasso tool. Just like the previous one, just extract the required part. Let's feather it by 5 pixels. Then press Ctrl+J twice, two layers will be copied, decolorize layer 3, add a layer mask to the copy of layer 3, and then use the brush tool to smear out the mask of the copy of layer 3. required part.

11) I used the eraser tool to apply directly on the remaining parts. I read Tianshi’s method, which can come in handy now. The opacity of the eraser should be lowered (20%-30%) for the dog tail part. (right or left), and the remaining part is easier to pick out. I just use the eraser to lower it a little (80%-90%) and then apply it. result: