# Complex Background Removal **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [June 9, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855 "2003-06-09T18:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eberth](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/eberth/32/41_2.png) [@Eberth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eberth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/1 "2003-06-09T18:00:50Z")
Hi, i want to remove the background on a photo, but this photo has a problem, the hair has spikes, and i want to keep them, but with the traditional methods (simple selection, magic wand, quick mask, etc) i cant get it right. ☹ Does anyone knows any other way of doing this ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/2 "2003-06-09T18:21:36Z")
post a link to the picture and i’ll try working with it.😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/3 "2003-06-09T18:30:41Z")
[http://www.eberthdesigns.com/image.jpg](http://www.eberthdesigns.com/image.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/4 "2003-06-09T18:36:57Z")
whoa, pheaky do! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/5 "2003-06-09T18:42:25Z")
yeah, could you beleive this is the same guy!!! [http://www.eberthdesigns.com/image1.jpg](http://www.eberthdesigns.com/image1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/6 "2003-06-09T18:46:14Z")
😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/7 "2003-06-09T20:05:23Z")
hmm, you caught me just as i opend up PS. why wouldnt quick mask work? just vary the brushes… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/8 "2003-06-09T20:06:24Z")
haha, your bro ?! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/9 "2003-06-09T21:07:20Z")
> \*Originally posted by c!rYx \* > \*\*haha, your bro ?! 🙂 \*\* what? :q: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/10 "2003-06-09T21:44:29Z")
the situation is much more serious than i thought. i guess it will just take a lot of time.☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/11 "2003-06-09T21:48:18Z")
YOU STOLE MY HAIR STYLE!!! [size=1]::lost rips out Eberths hair::[/size] Well anyway, considering the situation there really is no easy way to do it, just gotta take out a lot of time and have the patience to do it manually. Sorry man. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/12 "2003-06-09T22:20:09Z")
dont worry lost, you started a trend! you should be happy! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/13 "2003-06-09T22:59:27Z")
> \*Originally posted by lostinbeta \* > \*\*YOU STOLE MY HAIR STYLE!!! [size=1]::lost rips out Eberths hair::[/size] Well anyway, considering the situation there really is no easy way to do it, just gotta take out a lot of time and have the patience to do it manually. Sorry man. \*\* :esmirk: WAKAWAKAWAKAWAKA!!! dont worry, it was a bet (for the most extravagant hair), so i’m not like that anymore!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/14 "2003-06-09T23:25:39Z")
Oh ok then, it’s not like I am the only one with that hair any way 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-background-removal/22855/15 "2003-06-10T15:08:49Z")
You’re just gonna have to bite the bullet and do this in Photoshop, with a mask, and be meticulous. Otherwise, you’ll continue to be unhappy with the overall look, as the hair will never look quite right. It’s a pain, granted, but much of graphic design is. Either you love it, or you find a different profession 😉 :pope: