A beginner's guide to replacing skies and cutting out hair in Photoshop

Once you get familiar with Photoshop’s Background Eraser tool, you’ll love it as much as Gina does.

When faced with grey skies, or an uninspiring beige wall for your portraits, there are dozens of ways you can swap out your background.

If you are new to Photoshop, this can be frustrating and confusing. Gina has created this video to take you step-by-step through how to use the Background Eraser tool. You’ll be up and running and swapping out your backgrounds in no time.

In this tutorial, Gina will show you:

  • How to swap out a sky in just a few minutes
  • How to extract a headshot with messy hair in under 30 seconds
  • How to remove fly-away hair from a face using Photoshop
  • How to swap background on portrait shoots.

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About Gina

Gina Milicia is one of the most widely known and respected photographers in Australia. She is the master of capturing that ‘magical moment’... READ MORE

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