Technique for cutting out hair in Photoshop\\lii

Ever wanted to cut out someone and put them on another background? Only to find that most people don’t have bowl--style hair cuts? Well there are about a billion techniques depending on the image and background. I wanted to show you one of my techniques that works well with certain types of backgrounds. this technique involves alpha channels, levels and a little love. Oh- it’s also helped by a new feature in Photoshop CS5.