Need Help or tut, not your usual Hair mask.

Just like in most tut vids where you mask hair and could then use it on any background, I have found an image im trying to mask and save with an alpha channel so im able to then overlay the image to be able to mix and match any background images or even add an animated background while still having it look "correct". And this has to be done all out of photoshop once the image is saved.

Image im trying to mask this image.

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/polls/925000/925853_1326500005253_full.jpg

Now I have been able to "fake it" with most images like in the various tuts, but this one im having a difficult time with., The problems im getting, which I havnt really been able to find a tut that could help with this exact problem, is:

-You can easily make it look great if your adding your own background and make it mask/blend in, but these things dont really work when you have no background image for the blends to be based off. -Im finding when I save out the image im getting minor, yet noticeable color halos or artifacts around the hair that stand out. It is normally not noticeable when your adding the background in photoshop as you can do various things to it to hide it but it dosnt work when you cant use a background image. -The hair being backlit, notice the wispy tuff of hair at the top, in some cases look out of place as I feel its need a more neutral color that can work with any background. I can just mask the hair edge closer but then im losing most of the hair style detail that im wanting to keep, as its iconic to the character. And changing the hue to match still dosnt overcome the first issue with the artifacts around the hair. -Same color issue on the hair near his shoulder, it has a blue tint because of the scene lighting. The hair being fake is alot more translucent then normal hair which makes it catch the light.

Some of these things I know how to overcome, to various degrees. But as a whole im getting a mind blank.. Im hoping some simple advice will put me in the right direction xD

Any help or advice for this situation would be great :) Thanks for any replys.

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