Stray Hair Retouching Tool

Located in the Retouch Tool Tab, Stray Hair Retouching helps reduce distracting loose hairs in portraits. Use separate controls for hair inside and outside the main hair area to create a cleaner look while maintaining control over the final result.

Table of contents

• Remove stray hair outside the hair area
• Remove stray hair inside the hair area
• Protect areas from retouching
• Adjust the protection mask
• Requirements and limitations

Remove stray hair outside the hair area

Use the Outer Hair control to reduce or remove stray hairs that appear outside the main hair area. This includes loose hair strands extending into the face area or surrounding the subject.

Capture One automatically detects stray hair and applies the adjustment to the selected person.

Remove stray hair inside the hair area

Use the Inner Hair control to reduce stray hairs that appear within the main hair area.

This can help create a more polished appearance while retaining the overall shape and texture of the hairstyle.

Protect areas from retouching

Some hairstyles contain intentional loose strands or details that should remain untouched. 

Like Blemish Removal, Stray Hair Retouching allows you to protect areas from retouching. This gives you additional control when the automatic detection does not match the result you want.

Adjust the protection mask

Use the Stray Hair Protection Brushes to add areas that should be preserved or remove areas from the protection mask.

Protection masks are useful when:

• You want to keep specific hair details
• Automatic detection removes areas you want to preserve
• You need additional control over the final result

Requirements and limitations

• Stray Hair Retouching is designed for portrait workflows.
• The feature supports individual people within the same image.
• Adjustments can be copied between images.
• Adjustments can be included in Styles.
• The AI model runs locally on your device.
• No image data is uploaded to the cloud.