The Hidden "Halo Removal" Slider in Photoshop!

[@PiXimperfect]

Hey, friends! If you are confused between using this method or using "Shift Edge" or "Decontaminate Colors" inside Select & Mask, know that all of them are specific to different situations. This technique is important when you want to selectively remove halos fast only from certain areas and not the whole image. It can also be used on the entire image if it lacks hair or fur. Hope it helps! Thanks again, and keep creating ❤️

[@SumanSharma-ze2ng]

My inspiration

[@thiagofernandes4119]

Me sentindo um gênio por uma das primeiras tricks que você ensina que eu já conhecia

[@WNFDraco]

Can you make a video about 3D picture

[@saileshyadav4204]

Sir Can you make a Video On (Foil Balloon Text) ((Your Explanation is Awesome)) :-) Make A video on This Topic:)⏫⏫

[@Biswakosh]

Hi!

[@paras6TEEN]

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[@TheDannycoyne]

The guy is next level good.

[@dkjohn]

Indeed

[@mcprince4634]

unmesh is my all time photoshop lecturer

[@paras6TEEN]

@@mcprince4634 it's been like 4 years almost since is started watching his channel... ain't nobody better than him

[@mcprince4634]

@@paras6TEEN he explains soo well.....so talented ....i just love his way of teaching

[@ZeroDean]

Love when you find uses for things I knew existed but never used.

[@SniderJ]

Did I just watched a Piximperfect video which doesn't have Curves in it? Great video btw!

[@Nesseight]

next video: "How to feather and minimum using curves"

[@omgitsjoeyd786]

Love these shorter videos, quick bites of education for sure!

[@throwdown515]

I just need to remember to start putting these tips into practice instead of just enjoying the video. Excellent tip!!

[@samuelck7478]

SO there are others like me... :P

[@rabalac]

*THIS MAN IS SO GOOD I THINK HE MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK WITH ADOBE*

[@riquinderitu4859]

And I thought I was the only one with the thought

[@Jase_LV]

If he actually worked at Adobe, the videos would be hidden behind 3 menus and 4 tabs.

[@I_am_Spartacus]

He IS Adobe.

[@gdc4736]

He is a billionaire who owns the entire company.

[@OktavianiFriska]

But, It just a dream. OUR DREAM

[@mibreit-photo]

Since you already have a mask around her, you can also just use the layer styles and apply an inner glow, which you make black or any dark color that best fits. You can also control radius and smoothness. Then split the layer-style to a separate layer, apply a mask and then only mask it in where you want.

[@Panphobia]

People at photoshop watching these videos: „damn, that’s pretty neat, I didn’t know you could do that!“

[@misterbonzoid5623]

They prolly do.

[@hanjek]

"damn, that’s pretty neat, I didn’t know I could do that!"

[@Panphobia]

I’m pretty sure a lot of these photoshop tricks make use of techniques they weren’t originally meant for ;)

[@isodoublet]

@@notmyname8527 They didn't create the maximum filter, dude. It's a standard image processing technique, decades old. They didn't invent Gaussian blur either.

[@pancakemanor]

Fantastic channel! We use your tutorials all of the time!

[@DrFarisArab]

i was suffering of this halo every time.. wish i knew this filter earlier i would be richer by saving that time waisted

[@Danielwami]

Me too

[@wimvancraen9173]

You are/were not the only one! @Unmesh: YOU ARE A HERO!!! 🏆👍

[@cluckendip]

wasted

[@PouyaLucky]

Anyone remember the Microsoft Clip assistant ? I want my Adobe photoshop to come with a mini Unmesh on the side. Every single damn time I am lost, frustrated, or want to break my keyboard because of something not working in PS, I type in "How do I remove the white halo?" My mini Unmesh would guide me in the right path in his soothing and calm voice in a very easy manner .... You are so awesome ma man ...

[@thelightmaestro5496]

Definitely YEEESSSSSS

[@CarsandShutter]

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I'd gladly PAY for this addon 😎

[@dat_bernie]

Whenever this man says "have a look" I know I'm about to see some straight 🔥🔥🔥

[@HenrikFlyman]

How Adobe hasn't hired you yet is beyond me. Thanks for sharing quality stuff, always. Cheers.

[@DaleHughesPhotography]

must make more money doing his own thing

[@Nun_ya_Biz_Jack]

I just subscribed yesterday and BAM, you just helped me with something I’ve been dealing with. Thanks 😊

[@paras6TEEN]

It's just the beginning of the good times.

[@gamestolive9249]

I saw the thumbnail, thought it was a 🧢, then saw the video 😳🤐. There’s literally a slider I never noticed 🙌🏻. You’re god 😧

[@hollysmith801]

Quick, easy, and to the point, just as always. I love your videos so much! I always recommending your videos to people. You have been the best teacher on youtube I have found over the years. Keep up the great content, you are amazing!

[@JasonEkonomakos]

I've learned so much of my high-end photo editing techniques from this channel alone. Amazing work, such a simple resolution!

[@stephen.create]

This is the best thing I have seen in a long time that I really need!

[@davidholdstock]

Hello and thank you for this tutorial. I am familiar with this method and have found that it works VERY well indeed without actually needing to make the selection. I don't usually comment on here but have enjoyed immensely, the content you post, for quite some time. Thank you so much for everything you teach us, it really is much appreciated.

[@AdmoreMethod]

“Without having to make the selection.” Do you mean, it’ll do the whole subject at once if you just click on it…?

[@davidholdstock]

@@AdmoreMethod Hello :) Yes that was what I was meaning. You can apply the 'minimum' filter without having to tell Photoshop where you need the halo removed. It simply removes any and all of them. You can then refine the result everso simply by painting black or white on the mask in the normal way.

[@patricialegault7410]

I’ve taken soooo many composite courses, and NONE have talked about this. They do the tedious masking. Well done. And thank you thank you

[@satishsvernekar]

Many times halo's takes much time to get them out. This method helped me a lot & saves much time. Love you. Thanks Sir ji.

[@raedjibrail5565]

Was sceptical but just tried this on an image of a guy with afro hair, and it worked a treat! Thank you.

[@Martinbj1992]

This man is the hero we need but don't deserve!! Thanks Unmesh! been killing it with these tutorials.

[@andrewnighswander662]

This is great tip, the only thing I'd add is that some of the leftover brightness is often the light hitting the subject rather than the old background, so you don't want to lose the edges of the actual figure. (I'll typically hit those with, of course, a curves adjustment.) Amazing video as always.

[@stratplus]

If you use levels, you'll have much more control over the amount of removal and the sharpness of the edge and it's still easy to use. This is also a better tool in situations where your selection wasn't perfect and when some parts of the selected image are more in focus than other parts. This is how I use levels: 1. click on the layer mask 2. select part of the image where you'd like to remove the halo with the lasso tool 3. go to filter > blur > gaussian blur and blur the selected part of the mask (the amount depends on the quality of the mask) to get a smoother edge after the next step 4. now use levels on the mask. You can now move the black, grey and white point, giving you much more control TIP: Try to work from "corner" to "corner", so in this case from the point where the two leg connect to the inside of the knee, then from the inside of the knee to the heel of the shoe, then select the heel and the sole of the shoe, etc. This will give a smoother result on longer straight lines.

[@garyaltoonian783]

Thank you Unmesh. It was nice meeting you last week at Imaging.

[@craigdick3231]

Wowzer, this will speed up my workflow for most images so much! Insane, thank you for sharing 🙌

[@iorisoldier]

Thank you very much, years of suffering with this and I never came up with this solution, you are a genius

[@ernoe303]

Nice! I'll give it a try for sure. Normally I use 'inner glow' set to multiply to get rid of halos.

[@wesjones6370]

All those hours of time gone! How have I never thought of this? The amount of time this 5 minute video just saved me going forward is astronomical!!

[@2JSinc]

Learned this from PTC and JR also explained it very well but there's something about how Unmesh explain things, its more newbie friendly and very easy to understand... Thank you PiXimperfect and PTC my favorite PS teachers...

[@conradborba7856]

Thank you so much for all that you do. I have been a Photoshop user for many years and yet you still surprise me with little tips and tricks I didn't know existed.

[@haanilango9645]

Thank you so much this helps with the annoying problem. I love this kind of videos u create more.. its easier to focus.

[@durere]

great, thank you for explaining those filters! one thing I would say though, in this particular case you can get rid of the halos by playing with the options in "select and mask"

[@lunarisfalconstudio]

Hi! How would you do it in the select and mask? I’m really curious (quite new to photoshop) Thanks :)))

[@thecgr]

@@lunarisfalconstudio Decontaminated /Shift Edge/Smooth These guys work... Whatever left, use this minimum to get rid of.

[@lunarisfalconstudio]

@@thecgr thank you! Will give it a go :)

[@NonSequitur404]

Interesting technique. I have always found it quite easy to just use the defringe feature. Layer/Matting/Defringe. This works with a cutout image not with a layer mask. So you will need to apply the layer mask to the layer before applying defringe

[@bhoche2055]

You are a real genius man. Better then a lot of people that work for Adobe 😂

[@snoogings316]

Thank you from Scotland, I've always struggled with the halos, this video is perfect, thanks again

[@judgeworks3687]

Thanks for tip. Also hope you, your family and community stay safe and healthy with the current covid situation.

[@ShivSharma786]

This technique I already knew and I use this very often in my day to day project. Your explanation is very good by the way.

[@Banana-cc5rx]

another great tip thanks man. no more wasting time trying to manually erase those lines

[@UrbexJoe]

That's a good way of doing it. I was taught another way, so basically subject select then once that's done, you want to make a mask with that then go to filter>other>minimum and doing like 0-1px adjustment to your liking. Hope that helps as another way to do it! Keep up the amazing work Unmesh!!! 🙂

[@bigd6326]

The amount of times I've removed halos manually in company headshots is insane, your videos are very welcome, thanks!

[@vladgodoroja]

I've been using this for two years now, I have always thought if you knew about it. Thank you🥰💪🏻

[@MakopoweredGaming]

I have been working with Photoshop for... longer than I care to admit, and I had no idea about this! Thank you!

[@truefilm6991]

WOW! That is a huge time saver. It's a lot of work doing this by hand, always afraid of eating too much into the subject. That is awesome!

[@jonathanchartrand3351]

Excellent tutorial, clear and concise. Very refreshing to many of the horrendous tutorial videos that are out there today.

[@whateverphoto]

I've been plagued by this issue before so I really appreciate this video/tip. Thank you, keep up the great work!

[@UHFOnline]

Unmesh, is there anything about Photoshop you DON'T know? Thanks for this great information?

[@Bartskol]

Well, thats one will be useful. I did work with minimum and maximum filters but didnt thing to use it in this way to change mask localy. Thanks for this one. Would love to see more quick mask creating and automation or scripting.

[@urlover4788]

I love this screen size format, makes more good ui photoshop for us who watch it from mobile.

[@cohens140]

Wow this is a huge help. So many times I had to use the clone stamp.

[@averspades]

Crazy how I was facing the Halo Issue just yesterday and today you uploded the solution.

[@jnevin9238]

I dont know where id be without your videos 🤣

[@divyanshsinghrathore9967]

I used to erase those halo with the eraser tool Man you just saved a lot of time thanks man❤️

[@DiegoTerzano]

Awesome find Unmesh! Great, creative use of an underrated filter. Works beautifully! Thank you very much!

[@claudiaholt7306]

Awesomeness. I can't remember after the 2nd step. Need to go to school! THanks!

[@KevinGannets]

I don’t remember when or how I found this channel but I am so glad I did lol

[@ElitePortraits]

Faster way. Ctrl+left click on the layer mask to get it's selection Ctrl+J on the layer ( not the layer mask), you will copy the content cropped in to a new layer. Now: Go to Layer menu - Halo- Remove halo- set value to 1. This will remove the halo automatically of the whole image. It takes a 6 seconds average to do this to whatever image.

[@jonathanperucho8862]

Super useful! Especially since I work with product shots daily-thanks, Unmesh!

[@Raylative]

Fast and Simple. Good work. thank you!

[@TheRudeNoise]

I didn't know this tool existed. very handy. thank you!

[@geekychick131]

lol I literally spend like 45 minutes sometimes cleaning up my selections even after the whole "select subject" thing, thanks again my dude

[@timaeby]

When Unmesh saves you a WHOLE LOT of time with his neat tricks! 💚🙌

[@TriWaZe]

Nicee. I usually just select the outline and then go to select modify and contract the image by around 1 or so. Course that is if you have white around the whole image. But this is a cool method to know for certain situations.

[@oviovivisual139]

You're the best...you just saved timing by this...Thanks

[@pierrienevoldsen]

Thanks for another great Tutorial! Best wishes from Denmark

[@larrykiesel2146]

Great video and wonderful method of removing edges. Thanks so much and you are a great teacher. Keep going.

[@conansredbowtie]

Another useful trick to add to my toolbox. Thank you.

[@jmbwithcats]

I found this very helpful, thank you. I've been contracting by one for YEARS.

[@anikpaul3154]

All videos are too much helpful ❣️❣️

[@rivashnaidoo6267]

This tutorial is lifechanging

[@SanjeelSunny]

Very Useful tutorial ❤️❤️❤️ love from Telangana

[@riddles1137]

Brilliant - and no 10 minute introduction! Thanks.

[@tonyroberts5006]

THANK YOU! Impressive technique.

[@patrickreardon2833]

Thanks for sharing a very useful and certainly arcane tip!

[@Au8uStudio]

EVERYTIME I SEE YOUR VIDEO, THEN I FEEL YOU'RE A GENIUS WHO GOD HAS SENT FOR US.

[@ankurranjankakoty8382]

Yeah! Indeed! I learnt this technique quite a while ago, when I was scrolling through the Shorts Section! I think it was PTC (Photoshop Training Channel) not sure, but yup! Awesome trick!

[@RiccardoErMagico]

Proprio qualche giorno fa cercavo un video del genere!! Genio!!! Grazie mille :)

[@uhligsu]

Great stuff. Since you have recently doing videos on Lumenzia. The Diff(+-) tool is very helpful for selecting halos.

[@aphelionravi]

Awesome! Heaven sent tutorial thanks for sharing! This tip will help me everyday because I get a lot of background to remove for editing!

[@SsgtHolland]

This function should be incorporated in the mask window. Great stuff, man!

[@misabarbosa]

wow!!!!!! I've been working in Photoshop for 20 years and never knew what that menu was for

[@ridzuanmustaffa]

It was there all this time, but unmesh taught us something we didnt even know about it before

[@TranquilGeo]

I've been searching for a solution to feathering. I've been editing my images in premiere because I had no idea how to feather anything. I'm going to go cutout a lot of stuff and play around with this. Thanks so much.

[@tedscheckler1]

This was my go-to filter for post cutouts during my Worth1000/Fark days.

[@markheatherington8367]

Very helpful, thanks Unmesh

[@I_am_Spartacus]

10 out of 10 for this short, but brilliant video for saving so much time... nice work!

[@rabonalisa5044]

your a legend man. Your like my tutor for all things photoshop😍😂

[@seventypoints]

Once again, Thank you Unmesh, the Living Legend.

[@VenturePictures]

That’s pretty neat. I tend too do that from the select subject menu and then edit from the “select mask” menu. Bring in the outside of the image and then feather…. I like this new way!!

[@ALivingExperience]

The king is back 💚

[@gojoe36]

You Sir are a Genius...

[@SynergyFootball]

Amazing. I’ve spent so many hours, painstaking hours in fact manually removing these

[@marruznguyen8216]

Thank you so much !! I can learn so many things in here

[@rsaiproject9263]

Best tutor ever, hope you’re safe out there chief

[@CloneDaddy]

At last! Halo's have been a pain in my donkey for years. Thanks again, Unmesh.

[@EmpressOvHell]

Omg THANK YOU!! I spent like 6 hours trying to figure out how to do this yesterday! 😭😭

[@wan23action]

you blow my mind every time!!! love your tutorials man Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge

[@rupeshjain6581]

Xvbo

[@anthonyvernolini6633]

learning so much from you my friend thankyou. Can I ask once you have done this above how do you apply it?