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Learn to master one of photo editing's most challenging tasks by using Affinity 3's Selection Brush and Refine tools to cleanly remove backgrounds from behind hair without creating halos, jagged edges, or leftover background pixels. Start with the Selection Brush Tool to make rough selections, then utilize Affinity's powerful Refine Selection panel to handle intricate hair strands, soft edges, and transparent details with professional precision. Master the Matte, Foreground, and Feather controls to refine fine hair edges, eliminate colored fringing and background haloing, and output refined selections as masks or transparent layers. Discover techniques for touching up hair edges to achieve cleaner, more realistic results while handling challenging elements like curly hair, flyaways, and soft hair transitions. Apply these non-destructive methods using only Affinity 3's built-in tools to create professional-quality cutouts for portraits, thumbnails, product photos, and creative composites, making this tutorial perfect for beginners and those transitioning from other photo editing software.
