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How-to-make-a-composite-background
Jan 13, Episode 217 Compositing, Photography, Photoshop
Making a Photoshop Composite Image can be very difficult. Starting the process the right way will make things a lot easier! We cover the right way to do it....
light-and-shadows-in-photoshop
Jan 09, Episode 213 Compositing, Photoshop
Creating realistic shadows in Photoshop really is about the hardest thing you can do. The reason for this, is that there is so much more going on than what most people think about....
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Jan 06, Episode 212 Compositing, Photoshop, Retouching, Tools
If you have ever had a really hard time making a layer mask or retouching someone's skin, this cool tip will really help you. ...
Failing-and-trying-again
If you are not failing, you are not getting better....
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Oct 20, Episode 156 Compositing, Photoshop, Video
Y'all asked to add an animal into the image, and to make things even a bit more difficult we decided to add a cat into the foreground. First, we found an image of a cat that works for the photograph. You can take your own image as long as you remember to li...
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Oct 19, Episode 156 Compositing, Photoshop, Video
Building upon what we discussed on Monday, today we will actually composite an image that one of you chose! First, we start off by picking the best photo from the submissions. It seems like that largest struggle in the submissions was matching the lighting ...
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Oct 17, Episode 153 Compositing, Photoshop, Video
Welcome to Community Week! This week we're taking a normal photograph which was shot in a local city park and putting a different background on it as well as editing it in different styles. The reason we're doing this is to help save you time and money if y...
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Sep 26, Episode 139 Compositing, Guest, Interview, Photoshop, Video
Amelia Fletcher is a great photographer, and we are excited to have her as a part of the team. In today's episode we are dissecting one of her images, and explaining everything involved in creating the image. This image was featured on Flickr's Explore, which ...
Name-That-Sexy-Smoke-Ghost!
Aug 30, Episode 120 Compositing, Photoshop, Video
Today we are making a SEXY SMOKE GHOST from scratch. You read that right. Thanks to Brandon who wanted this to happen, I am pretty sure I would not have thought to do this on my own. Phlearn DVDs Phlearn is in Pre Production of a new DVD series, covering every...
5-Secrets-to-Compositing
Aug 25, Episode 117 Compositing, Photoshop, Video
Today we are covering some of the most important things to know when compositing an image. This is one of the hardest things to do in Photoshop. There are many variables involved in making an image like this look realistic....
Deconstructing-132-Layers!
Aug 24, Episode 116 Compositing, Photoshop, Tools, Video
Today we are taking a HUGE COMPLICATED image, and breaking it down into a layer by layer explanation of how the image was created. We start off with nothing but a few random stock images, and build everything together to make the final image pictured below....
Adding-Rims-to-Firetruck
Aug 12, Episode 108 Compositing, Photoshop, Video
Today we are adding rims to a firetruck! This weekend's contest - Take a part from a car or other object and put it on something else Best one wins a FREE Phlearn PRO...
10-Minute-Tuesday-–-Egg-Head
Jul 26, Episode 95 Compositing, Photoshop, Video
Today we are working on an image by Petter Haugen. He submitted an image, and asked if I could make his face on an egg. Petter gets his wish. To do this, first we need a quick tool that will copy over most of his head, and make sure to blend it as well. A [......
Making-Eyelashes---Episode-#84
Thanks to Stef for sending over this image as well as asking us to add eyelashes. To add eyelashes to this image, we are copying existing eyelashes from another image. To do this we use select color range to select out the darks from the eyelashes, and on a ne...
Changing-Heads-–-Episode-#80-Friday
Today we are answering Barrett's question on how to replace one head with a different head in a photo shoot. This can be pretty easy if the photos fit together pretty well. If the images look nothing alike, it can be pretty difficult....
Adding-a-tattoo-–-Episode-#73
Thanks for all the support you have given Phearn, we hope we can repay all the wonderful things you have all done for us. In today's episode we are covering how to add a tattoo to a person, in this case a baby. ...
Creating-Rain-–-Episode-#71-Friday
We have had so many people ask how to create rain from scratch we couldn't ignore it any longer. To make the rain we open our brush menu and change the following: Turn on Shape dynamics, and size jitter all the way up. We bring the roundness to 2%, and the ang...
Creating-a-Shadow-–-Episode-#70-Thursday
Today we are answering a question from Pere Navarro. We are adding a shadow from scratch. In this case the shadow is on a sphere, and we are starting simple....
Basic-Levitation-pt.2-–-Episode-#67
We are announcing some great changes in Phlearn. Each episode from now will be answering your questions, to help you achieve your goals. Ask your questions in a comment below, and we will make a Phlearn episode answering them....
Replacing-a-background-pt.3-–-Episode-#59
In this super long installment of Phlearn, we are going over photoshopping a person onto a different background. This can be as easy or hard as you want it to be. To make things easier on ourselves we photographed Kat on a white background. Cutting her out is ...
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