These are the starting images (supplied from the tutorial), which will be put together in a composite.
Here are the basic steps (assuming you already have your images open and ready to begin):
1) Make a general selection around the subject of the image, staying well within the troublesome areas (hair) as this will make the following steps much easier.
2) Once you have the selection made, go to the control panel and select Refine Edge.
3) In the Refine Edge dialog, select how you wish to view the selection (on white, black, layers, etc.).
4) Adjust the radius slider so that there is enough detail of the hair intact in the image, but the other areas of the subject are still fully there.
5) Click the Smart Radius check box. This causes Photoshop to adjust the radius to be smaller in smooth, high contrast areas and larger in soft, detailed areas like in the hair.
6) Make small adjustments as you see fit to the Smooth and Feather sliders to make sure the high contrast areas are nicely selected.
7) Use the Refine Radius and Erase Refinements Tools on the areas around the hair to bring detail back into the selection.
8) Check the Decontaminate Colors check box. Move the slider below to the right and, when you release, Photoshop will now replace the areas of the image with a whitish cast with different colored pixels so that they will blend better with the background image. Find a setting which you feel gives you the best results.
9) Choose an output for the selection, check Remember Settings, and click OK.
And here is my final composite after completing these steps.
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