Want to change your hairstyle but would like a preview first? Photoshop, some pictures of various styles and a photo of yourself is all it takes. With a few software tools and layers to create various looks, you can easily preview your new you.

Difficulty: Moderate Instructions
Things You'll Need
Photoshop
 
Digital picture of yourself
 
Online images of hairstyles
 
Preparing Your Photo
1
 
This is Zoe
 The first step is to open the photo of yourself in Photoshop. Hit "Ctrl-J" to create a copy of the photo. In your layers take the eye away.

2
 Use the magnetic lasso tool (circled in yellow) and outline your face and neck.

3
 Go to "Select >Inverse" and then hit delete. Remove the eye (see the yellow circle) next to your original photo so that it is now invisible. You should be left with a plain hairless you.

Preparing the Hairstyle Photos
1
Make sure all your photographs are the same size as your headshot. Adjust the photo sizes and the pixels so that every image is interchangeable.

2
 Open your first photograph. Use the magnet tool and trace the hair.Then go to "Select>Inverse" and hit delete. You should be left with just the hair and a transparent background.

3
Repeat the above process as many times as you have hair styles you would like to try.

Come Together Now
1
Go back to your original hairless head shot.

2
 Pull each hairstyle into its own layer. Now you can move back and forth using the eye on the left to see how the styles look.

3
 There you have it, a new you. Should Zoe go blonde? Maybe, maybe not, but the preview sure is fun and takes a bit of the fright out of trying something new, which is always a good thing.