You may often see the images of people with changed background which have selected hair like this:

Please do not do that :)!

There are several ways how to select hair more precisely. One of them is Refine edge option. Using the refine edge tool will greatly help and speed up editing tasks especially when you need to select out the hair or fur on subjects.

You can find this option here:

Note that I have selected Quick selection tool.

Or go to top menu – Select -> Refine Edge

But before you will choose Refine Edge you need to select your object with some selection tool. You do not need to be very precise around the hair. After that you may use Refine Edge option.

Here you can see final result of my tutorial:

For more info please view this video tutorial:

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