Change Hair Color in Video

Pros and cons of "Hair color" service in video editor

• How to change hair color on a video – subtleties of technology
• How to choose a hair color on a video on Android and iOS smartphone?

It happens that we want changes in our appearance, but we cannot decide – a significant investment of time and money, the agony of choice, and the uncertainty of the result can stop us from radical actions. Here, modern technologies will come in handy – with their help today you can easily test various updates to your appearance, for example, changing hair color on video without using hair dye!

Are you upset by the problem of gray hair, or on the contrary, do you want to test how your hair will look in ash gray? Dreaming of going from platinum blonde to jet black, or trying to lighten your hair? Or maybe you want more drastic changes – like pink, green, or purple hair? All this can be tried in a couple of clicks using the hair color changer app. How does this technology work?

How to change hair color on a video – subtleties of technology

Changing hair color on a video would seem to be one of the simplest but at the same time quite a complicated procedure. The more “fluffy” or curly the hair in the frame is, the more difficult it is to manipulate it to change its color. Also, the task with an asterisk is a radical color change – the transition from light to dark, and vice versa. Such manipulations require experience and knowledge of the intricacies of technology. So let's get started.

The first step to changing the hair color on a video is the selection of hair on the entire footage of the video. For this, two main tools are used - rotoscoping or mask by color. For mild cases, one is often sufficient, for more complex cases, both must be used to achieve the desired result. The most convenient for retouching today are the programs DaVinci Resolve and Adobe After Effects, which can use these tools at the same time. Rotoscoping is the most accurate selection of hair using an animated mask throughout the video, in which smoothing is done along the edge of the hair. The more fluffy the hair, the more difficult it is to use this tool. Here the second method comes to the rescue - highlighting hair by color. It is more accurate in terms of capturing individual hairs in the frame but has its nuances.

To use it, we give the program a gradient of colors from which it creates a mask, and turns everything else in the frame into black, which then becomes a void. At the same time, the computer does not understand where the hair is in the frame, and where the rest of the objects of the same colors are - and can impose a mask on unnecessary details. Therefore, the participation of an experienced specialist is required, who will apply the necessary tools and make changes manually.

After the hair is selected, it is necessary to recolor it in the color of your choice. The desired color is set for the selected mask. To prevent the picture from looking flat and unnatural, the modified hair color must take into account the gradient of the transition of shades. As well as the ratio of light and shadow – for this, a color correction tool is used.

How to choose a hair color on a video on Android and iOS smartphone?

If retouching is done by a novice, artifacts may appear in the frame – an effect when the picture “crumbles into pixels”, or some colors turn out to be washed out. An experienced video editor can easily cope with this task. That is why the RetouchMe application offers you a unique service for editing your videos. You can save your life by downloading heavy and complex professional software that requires a significant investment of time and effort. You will no longer be disappointed by the low quality of editing your videos in popular filters and masks. Just a few clicks – and a team of professionals will change the hair color on your video exactly the way you would like!

How to use the service “Hair color”

The RetouchMe application is available on iOS and Android platforms. You can download it from the Apple App Store, Google Play or Amazon App Store. The download is free. However, to use the service within the application, you will need a certain number of credits, the price of which depends on the selected services. To add credits to your balance, you can either buy top-up packages or subscribe on a monthly basis.

1. Launch or download the RetouchMe application.
2. Select a photo from your gallery that you want to use the “Hair color” service on.
3. Choose the category “Video”.
4. In this category, select the desired service “Hair color”.
5. Price of the “Hair color” service: 220 ⭐.
6. You can select one of the 48 templates.
7. After selecting the services you want to use for the video, click on the "Proceed" button.
8. Review your order once again and click "Send to designer."

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