本教程是由Lynda机构出品的Photoshop遮罩和合成头发高级教程。时长：3小时6分，附工程源文件（434M），使用软件：Adobe Photoshop。

Photoshop是Adobe公司旗下最为出名的图像处理软件之一，集图像扫描、编辑修改、图像制作、广告创意，图像输入与输出于一体的图形图像处理软件，深受广大平面设计人员和电脑美术爱好者的喜爱。CS5加入了全面改进后的高清视频渲染引擎Mercury，尤其是其视频处理软件Premiere Pro。Mercury可以利用显卡的图形处理能力加速对高清格式视频的编解码和播放，当然不是所有的显卡，由于和NVIDIA之前达成的协议，Mercury只 支持NVIDIA的显卡。

在这个教程系列里面，Photoshop的大师德科麦克莱兰显示如何选择头发的个人股和复合对新的背景画像。课程内容包括如何修饰头发，油漆，混合头发，合并渠道，匹配光源。德科还探讨了特殊的技术，为深色和浅色的头发，以及从复杂背景中提取的头发，课程包括练习文件。

主题内容包括：*理解计算命令*减法计算口罩和添加模式*加强与应用图像口罩*创建一个传统的蓝色屏幕面膜*屏蔽黑头发，一个繁忙的背景*缺少毛发与Wacom数位板的绘画*屏蔽金发和火焰*执行选择性的编辑与减淡和加深*屏蔽多个传递一个艰难的图像

In this installment of his popular Masking & Compositing series, Photoshop guru Deke McClelland shows how to select hair—down to the individual strands—and composite portraits against new backgrounds. The course covers how to mask out hair, paint in detail, blend hair, merge channels, and match light sources. Deke also explores special techniques for working with both dark and light hair, as well as extracting hair from complex backgrounds. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

* Understanding the Calculations command

* Calculating masks with the Subtract and Add modes

* Enhancing a mask with Apply Image

* Creating a traditional blue screen mask

* Masking dark hair against a busy background

* Painting in missing hairs with a Wacom tablet

* Masking blonde hair and flames

* Performing selective edits with Dodge and Burn

* Masking a difficult image in multiple passes