Creative Compositing Part 2: Putting it Together in Photoshop
Master the compositing secrets used in professional commercial advertising. Join legendary commercial advertising photographer Joel Grimes as he shares his best creative Photoshop techniques, tools, and tips and tricks that will teach you how to "sell the fake" and create breathtaking, professional composite portraits.
Release Date: 2012-01-23
Lessons
Introduction
<p>Join Joel as he recaps the first part of this two-part class where he did all of the shooting, both in studio and on location, to capture the images that will be used in the second part of the class.</p>
Duration: 1 mins 24 seconds
Making the Selects
<p>When making your selects, you are going for the look that works with the project and background. By shooting multiple poses and angles it provides a great resource of photos to chose from.</p>
Duration: 4 mins 8 seconds
Blending the HDR Background
<p>Look over Joel's shoulder as he demonstrates all the settings and choices he makes as he runs the background captures through Photomatix Pro to create the final background image.</p>
Duration: 9 mins 51 seconds
Creating that Grungy Look
<p>Starting with a portrait of Ashley, the soccer player, Joel takes us through his process for getting his signature grungy look.</p>
Duration: 13 mins 50 seconds
Extracting the Subject
<p>Learn how to use the Quick Select and Refine Edge tools in Photoshop CS5 to make the job of extracting the subject from its original background a piece of cake.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 47 seconds
Prepping the Background
<p>Before dropping the subject into the scene, the background image needs to be run through the same grunging process that was done to the subject to help them work together.</p>
Duration: 16 mins 45 seconds
Creating Atmosphere
<p>A big part of "selling the fake" is taking steps to connect the subject to the background by creating and enhancing the atmosphere of the photo.</p>
Duration: 16 mins 17 seconds
Dodge and Burn
<p>Dodging and burning is a great technique for evening out the tones in the model's face and bringing out her beauty.</p>
Duration: 4 mins 44 seconds
Final Retouches
<p>Joel brings the final composite home with a few techniques to retouch the subject and burn in the shadows to add to the sense that she is really standing in the scene.</p>
Duration: 5 mins 27 seconds