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Shooting your own backgrounds for composites gives you more control and choices, resulting in a better final image...
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....
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....
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.
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If you are not failing, you are not getting better....
Oct 20, Episode 156 Compositing, Photoshop
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...
Oct 19, Episode 156 Compositing, Photoshop
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 ...
Oct 17, Episode 153 Compositing, Photoshop
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...
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...
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....
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....
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....
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....
In part 2 we cover the photo shoot aspect of putting someone into a different background. We go over matching lighting, things that will need to be done to make it look as though the person is really there, and even a really stupid way of adding wind....
With Avery gone to Mexico, and Kat and I wishing we were there, we decided to have some fun and make it seem as though we are on vacation too....
Today we are going to show you how easy it is to combine your images in Photoshop to make multiple versions of the same person. To do this we are going to be using layer masks. We go over the photo shoot and the important principles before getting into Photosh...
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