Overview
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Learn the techniques for compositing product photography in Photoshop, including swapping backgrounds and label art.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- What you should know
- Simple "studio" setups when you don't have a studio
- Shooting different angles
- Shooting with different lighting
- Opening multiple shots as aligned layers
- Using blend modes to combine the bottle photos
- Creating a selection mask for the product
- Making a Pen Tool path for the product
- Creating a merged layer from multiple layers
- Fine-tuning the layer mask
- Nondestructive transformations with Smart Objects
- Adding a Linked Smart Object for the label art
- Transforming a Linked Smart Object
- Replacing a Linked Smart Object
- Placing the bottle behind the horizon
- Adjustment layers for a shadow and glow effect
- Adding a translucent effect to a bottle
- Next steps
