blur out background

[Anne12343]

So, how did you do the editing, Ed, and how long did it take? Thanks. Nice job.

[edbayani]

i selected the top of the head and placed it in another layer, then i inverted it and increased contrast, used color range to select the hair strands and used the selection to get the hair from the original layer, blurred the bg and placed the hair back. I used CS2 took more than 30 minutes

[JFSanders]

Well done Ed! Very neat and well executed. Lovely job.

[edbayani]

Thank you, JFS