Not sure why it took me quite a few attempts, but I finally figured out the edge refine feature, combined with a few extra layers for those stubborn final hairs. Tward has a nice video that got me almost home, and I combined it watching advanced hair masking with the dude from PTC, Photoshop Training Channel
This is my most photogenic Golden, Becka, just the head-shot for now.
I sometimes manually erase the edges with the eraser tool (feathered) and use an opacity of something like 12%. That way I can see in real time how it is looking with the background. If nothing else, that technique can be used for fine tuning.
~vPaul
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