Getting Up to Speed with Boris FX Optics 2022
Get your visual effects on! Join Erik Kuna as he gets you up to speed with Boris FX Optics 2022, a plug-in for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic as well as a standalone program. Boris FX has been a leader in visual effects for video and now for stills. In this class you’ll learn how to perform color grading, lighting effects, light leaks, particle generations, and more using Boris FX Optics. Starting from Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, Erik takes you step-by-step through different example workflows, from basic to more and more advanced, to help you create photographs that more closely match what you saw in your mind’s eye or even your imagination when the photo was created.
Release Date: 2022-07-01
Lessons
Introduction
The instructor introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 2 mins 3 seconds
Who Can Benefit from Boris FX Optics
Everyone can benefit from using Boris FX Optics and you can keep it as simple or as complex as your skills can handle.
Duration: 2 mins 26 seconds
Interface Orientation
Get oriented to the Boris FX interface.
Duration: 3 mins 24 seconds
Downloading and Installing
Get started with the nuts and bolts of installing Boris FX Optics.
Duration: 3 mins 53 seconds
Getting Photos into Optics
Learn how to get your photos into Boris FX Optics.
Duration: 5 mins 52 seconds
Workspace Essentials
Learn how to make use of the workspace.
Duration: 12 mins 48 seconds
Basic Effects
Working through examples, Erik shows the steps to start creating basic effects in Optics.
Duration: 7 mins 26 seconds
Next Level Effects
Building on the previous lesson Erik demonstrates how to create a new range of effects.
Duration: 9 mins 42 seconds
Photoshop Smart Object Workflow
Erik demonstrates a landscape photo workflow that goes through Photoshop to get to Optics.
Duration: 11 mins 24 seconds
Lighting and Light Leak Effects
Using a new landscape photo, Erik demonstrates how to apply different light leak effects.
Duration: 8 mins 2 seconds
Creative Additional Elements
Learn how to add creative elements to a photo.
Duration: 3 mins 55 seconds
Adding Fog and Particle Effects
Learn how to accentuate existing elements as well as add in completely new elements.
Duration: 8 mins 42 seconds
Milky Way Edit
Building on what we’ve learned so far, Erik demonstrates a workflow he used to enhance a Milky Way photo.
Duration: 16 mins 23 seconds
Working with Masks
Erik demonstrates how to create a mask in Photoshop, send it to Optics, and use the mask to layer in effects.
Duration: 11 mins 51 seconds
Recap
Erik wraps up the class with some closing thoughts to help you move forward on your own.
Duration: 1 mins 6 seconds