THIS COURSE INCLUDES
- 2 Lessonsfollow-along
- 1h 25mof captioned HD video
- Intermediatesome Photoshop basics
- 3 Sample Images+ 2 brushes
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DESCRIPTION
This intermediate Photoshop tutorial covers everything you need to know about adding a dark and dramatic style to your images through coloring and stylizing. Learn how to add clouds and dramatically alter the sky of your images to increase depth and mood, even if there are objects in the way!
What You’ll Learn
- Add clouds and alter the sky for depth and mood
- Edit around your subject with masks and clipping masks
- Retouch and add lighting effects with a custom brush
Create Moody Images
Dark and Dramatic Sky
We completely transform the look and feel of this image by color grading and swapping out the sky.
Make Advanced Selections for a Dark and Dramatic Style
In this tutorial, you will learn how to make advanced selections. Then use layer masks, clipping masks, layer properties and more to make the addition of dark and dramatic clouds flawless, regardless of what’s in the way.
Replace Any Sky
Use these advanced selection techniques to add a new, dark and dramatic sky to any of your images using Photoshop.
Advanced Retouching Techniques
Learn our advanced method of retouching so even when there’s no space to use the clone stamp or healing brush tool, you will be able to retouch any area of your image.
Alter Shadows and Highlights Separately
In this tutorial we show you how to separate out the shadows from the highlights and color them individually to bring a uniform look to the whole image.
Liquify Tool Best Practices
Make your subject look their best without looking unnatural using the liquify tool properly. Use what you learn to dramatically alter the shapes and tone a person bringing attention to the right places.
Phlearn Custom Brushes
Create your own Photoshop brushes so you’ll always have the right brush for the job. Custom brushes are excellent for advanced retouching and adding special effects to your images.
Dark and Dramatic Style Color
Add interest to your images with dark and dramatic style coloring. Discover the best methods for adding and changing any color or color-range in your images to make them more impactful.
Start to Finish
This tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process of taking a photo straight out of camera and turning it into a dark and dramatic style image. Learn how to alter your image to help draw attention to your subject, and what the best practices are along the way.
Why the Dark and Dramatic Style Works
A dark and dramatic style lives or dies on contrast between the subject and the scene. Pulling saturation out of the background while keeping skin tones intact gives the eye one place to land, and a heavy sky adds weight to the top of the frame so the portrait feels grounded. Every step in this tutorial, from the sky swap to the final color grade, is built to serve that single, moody focal point.
Class Instructor
Aaron Nace
PHLEARN Founder & Lead Instructor
Aaron Nace is a photographer, digital artist, and the founder of PHLEARN. He has been teaching Photoshop, Lightroom, and photography since 2011, and has taught at Adobe MAX for more than eight years.
Aaron publishes a free tutorial every week and a new in-depth PRO course every month.
- 2M+YouTube subscribers
- 160M+video views
- 1,000+tutorials published
- 15years teaching Photoshop
Reviews
Master Photoshop, Lightroom and Photography
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I really enjoy your tutorials and this was great to add a mood to an otherwise standard shot. Thanks!
hi, where to download the practice image here?
Hello! Simply click the Download Course Files button inside the video player or from the Table of Contents tab below it.
Go Hard or Go home … thats am talking about .. thanks PHlearn
This is great! I like this tutorial very much. It answered some of the questions which were in the back of my mind and also gave me more insight into color grading photos. I also liked that the resolution at which this tutorial was recorded is really good for watching the video, i can see clearly all the tools and settings. Very good tutorial!
Really helpful !
Very informative and professional tutorial. It’s so much helpful for beginners. Thanks for sharing.
Hi PHLearn,
Great retouch tutorial, more to do so see you later guys 🙂
one of my favorite tutorials!
Great tut for expanding your knowledge about coloring hi-light shadows as well as understanding of curves & hue adj…. I really enjoyed it !
this is a great tutorial to learn about curves and hues and how they work together to create an atmosphere.
Simple but a great effect. Teaches you how to use a Reference that you like and turn your image into it.