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Paint clean alpha edges around hair and fur so a character can sit over video backgrounds without halos.
2 ready prompts
Written for the moment this actually comes up.
Execute — do the immediate task
+Produce an alpha‑masked PNG of the character with clean hair edges so it composites over video…
Execute — do the immediate task
+Produce an alpha‑masked PNG of the character with clean hair edges so it composites over video without halos: refine hair selection, paint mask edges where needed, and export a 16‑bit PNG with transparency to the compositing folder.
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Prepare a hair‑edge mask the compositor will accept: run select-and-mask to capture fine strands,…
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Prepare a hair‑edge mask the compositor will accept: run select-and-mask to capture fine strands, manually paint mask where fringe issues appear, create a bleed/non‑bleed pair (0px and 2px), and include a 2x zoom edge sample and PSD with named masks for handoff.
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
Who does this, and with what
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Motion / Multimedia ArtistAdobe PhotoshopTopaz Photo AIalso: Paint Alpha Hair Edges
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