Photoshop Essentials for Landscape Photographers

Take your landscape photographs to the next level in Photoshop! Join Rammy Kazemi for an in-depth and informative exploration of the essential Photoshop techniques he uses in his landscape photography. From starting with the initial raw files all the way through everything he does to transform his photo to meet his artistic vision from the moment he captured it. In this class you’ll learn about masking, focus stacking, luminosity masks, sky replacement, dodging and burning, and so much more!

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Ramtin Kazemi

Release Date: 2024-05-09

Lessons

Introduction

Rammy introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.

Duration: 2 mins 46 seconds

Composition Concepts

Before jumping into Photoshop, Rammy shares some essential concepts for improving compositions.

Duration: 10 mins 45 seconds

Starting Raw Adjustments

When starting with a raw file there are always a few important things you need to do first.

Duration: 6 mins 54 seconds

Photoshop Masking

Understanding how to apply a mask in Photoshop is an essential skill for moving forward.

Duration: 4 mins 6 seconds

Focus Stacking

Focus stacking allows you to blend multiple photos of a single subject into a single photo with a greater depth of field.

Duration: 6 mins 26 seconds

Warp Tool

The Warp tool is a powerful tool for transforming the pixels in your photo, but be careful.

Duration: 4 mins 39 seconds

Sky Replacement

Replacing the sky in a photo is something that you don’t need to use all the time, but is an important technique to know. Rammy takes it to the next level by using AI to create a sky from scratch.

Duration: 12 mins 52 seconds

Luminosity Masking

Luminosity masking is a powerful tool for introducing color, contrast, or other effects.

Duration: 9 mins 12 seconds

Balancing Colors

The next step in the process is to make it look more natural by balancing the colors.

Duration: 18 mins 29 seconds

Dodging and Burning

Dodging and burning is all about focusing the light where it needs to be.

Duration: 15 mins 4 seconds

Adding Effects

Nearing the completion of the edit, Rammy shares some of his favorite special effects to take the photo to the next level.

Duration: 12 mins 4 seconds

Review and Final Edit

Rammy reviews all of the techniques he’s used so far and then finishes the edit by extending the canvas.

Duration: 8 mins 51 seconds