How Do You Silhouette Faces in Photoshop?

Photoshop is a powerful program that can be used to create amazing digital art. One of the most popular techniques used by digital artists is the creation of Silhouettes.

A Silhouette is a black and white image, usually of a person or animal, that is created by cutting out the subject from its background. In Photoshop, it’s relatively easy to create Silhouettes of faces and turn them into beautiful works of art.

To begin, open up your image in Photoshop. Depending on what type of photo you are using, you may need to use the Crop tool or some other editing tools to adjust it so that it looks exactly how you want it.

Then, select the Quick Selection tool from the Tools panel and draw a selection around your subject’s face. Make sure that you have selected all of the details around their face such as their eyes, nose, mouth and hair.

Once your selection is complete, click on “Refine Edge” in the Options bar at the top of your screen. This will open up a dialog box with various sliders and options that can be used to refine and adjust your selection until it looks perfect. When you’re happy with your selection, click “OK” to apply it.

Next, go back to your original image and use the Magic Wand tool to select everything outside of the face selection. To make sure you don’t miss any bits around the edges, hold down “Shift” while clicking with your Magic Wand tool. When you are finished selecting everything outside of your subject’s face, go back to your Layers palette and click on “Add Layer Mask” at the bottom.

This will add a layer mask which will hide everything outside of your face selection so that only their Silhouette remains visible. To finish off your Silhouette effect, go back up to the Options bar at the top and choose “Fill Layer Mask with Black (50%) from the drop-down menu.

Conclusion:

Creating Silhouettes in Photoshop is simple once you know how! All it takes is an accurate selection with either Quick Selection Tool or Magic Wand Tool followed by adding a layer mask with black fill color option set to 50%. Once completed, you will have a beautiful Silhouette portrait that can be used for any purpose!