I used the pen tool for most of the edges, but I couldn't capture the hair with either the pen or channel masks, so I made my own edge by stroking pen paths with a single pixel brush.
I cloned some of the artificial hairs around to get sufficient quantity.
Locking transparency, I even cloned in existing hair color and sheen, and modified the hair style a little bit.
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Mini review: Photoshop Channels and Masks One-on-One. Deke McClelland.
I had some free time, so I watched the 30 hours Deke McClelland put together on Lynda.com on channels and masking. I figured I knew a lot of the material already, and 30 hours is a long time. It's more like 40+ when you really do it -- so it's a full time job for a week.
I made myself watch bit of every segment, though, even if I thought a particular segment would be a waste of time. For me it was worth the effort, and I'm glad I put in the time.
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