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Hair Retouching: How to Fix Flyaways and Add Volume

Hair is one of the trickiest things to retouch in portraiture. It’s organic, chaotic, and our eyes are incredibly sensitive to anything that looks unnatural. Get it wrong and the whole image falls apart. Removing Flyaway Hairs Flyaways are those stray hairs that catch the light and create distracting wisps around the head. Here’s how to handle them: Against a Simple Background If the background is solid or softly out of focus, the Clone Stamp is your friend: