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In this case, with the longer more defined fur, all of it will be rendered in.
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Using the same approach for background removal, a soft eraser brush or masking if you prefer, remove the existing background and all areas of fur where the old background was evident. Keep this edge as soft as possible.I added a black background just to make the work more obvious.
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On a separate layer, again using a one-pixel brush at about 50%, stroke on some hairs to imitate the fur on the original image. Use a single, quick curved stroke again keeping in mind that all hairs do not go in exactly the same direction.
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Add more hair using the same technique. It’s a good idea to add additional hair using separate layers for each group. This will make it easier to smooth out the hairs later especially when they cross over each other.
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This is the final image will all the new fur added. Most of the hairs have been stroked with the smudge tool, as in the squirrel image, with the tips tweaked to make them look more realistic.
As you can see, the creation of a reasonable fur effect is fairly simple. It may seem work and time intensive but with a little practice, mostly getting comfortable with the fur strokes, it can be done in fairly short order.
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