Advanced Compositing in Adobe Photoshop
Get ready to take your compositing skills to the next level! Join Corey Barker as steps you through the creation of a fantasy composite image, from extracting the subject though the final touches. Whether you are using an older version of Photoshop or the latest, you’ll learn how to cleanly extract your subject from the source image, how to build a background environment around your subject, and how to blend all of the elements together using lighting and atmospheric effects to create a believable composite image with impact. Corey will show you ways to use Photoshop that you’ve never thought of before, and he wraps up the class with cool tips for adding text and blending non-human objects into your composite.
Release Date: 2016-07-20
Lessons
Introduction
Join as Corey as he introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 0 mins 45 seconds
Selecting and Extracting
This lesson is for anyone with an older version of Photoshop. Corey starts by demonstrating how he selects and extracts a subject from a background, along with some tips on how to shoot a subject on a background.
Duration: 13 mins 52 seconds
Using Select and Mask
With the release of Photoshop CC 2015.5 and the new Select and Mask space, Corey demonstrates how to use this new feature to extract the same subject from the background.
Duration: 6 mins 3 seconds
Adding a Background
With the subject extracted, Corey moves on to adding the background and building the environment around the subject.
Duration: 6 mins 17 seconds
Coloring the Background
Having the subject blend with the background is key to a good composite, and coloring a good place to start.
Duration: 10 mins 56 seconds
Lighting Effects
Dramatic lighting effects can really enhance the final composite, and help to sell the overall look of the image.
Duration: 20 mins 37 seconds
Atmospheric Elements
Like lighting effects, adding suitable atmospheric elements can help blend the subject and the background into a believable composite.
Duration: 17 mins 34 seconds
HDR Toning
In this lesson Corey shares an unexpected use for HDR Toning when creating a composite, and then moves on toward adding more finishing touches.
Duration: 13 mins 22 seconds
Bonus Lesson: Text Effect
There may be projects where you need to add text to your composite, and in this lesson Corey shares some tips for adding text.
Duration: 9 mins 6 seconds
Bonus Lesson: Blending Non-Human Objects
In this lesson Corey demonstrates techniques for blending non-human elements into a composite.
Duration: 14 mins 4 seconds