Photographing for Compositing in Photoshop

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Free Online Course: Photographing for Compositing in Photoshop provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Photographing for Compositing in Photoshop is taught by Seán Duggan.

Overview
  • Learn the creative and technical considerations involved in photographing with compositing in mind.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • About the course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. The Compositing Mindset
    • Types of composites
    • Seeing compositing possibilities
    • Creating a simple blend-mode composite
    • Using blend modes to create a photorealistic composite
    2. The Compositing Image Library
    • Lightroom collections and keywords for a composite library
    • Discussing skies, water, and landscape elements for compositing
    • Recognizing and photographing symbolic elements
    3. Photographing the Location Elements
    • Introduction: Location shooting for composites
    • Planning the shot
    • Getting the shot
    • Shooting additional angles
    • Understanding lighting, perspective, and camera angle to aid the composite
    • Using a model in the composite
    • Using props: Shooting a glass bottle
    4. Photographing the Studio Elements
    • Introduction: Shooting in a studio for composites
    • Matching studio lighting to location shots and lighting the background for masking
    • Matching perspective, angle, and focal length
    • Using location elements in the studio
    • Shooting tethered in Lightroom for quick rough drafts
    • Creating a studio mock-up composite in Photoshop
    5. Composite Project: Trapped in a Bottle
    • Using the Quick Selection tool to select the subject
    • Perfecting the selection with Select and Mask
    • Using Smart Objects for nondestructive transformations
    • Refinements with blend modes and adjustment layers
    • Finishing touches
    6. Composite Project: Portrait
    • Masking the subject
    • Editing a layer mask
    • Adding sand detail from another image
    • Finishing touches
    Composite Project: Man in a Seascape
    • Combining two seascape images
    • Modifying rocks for a realistic look
    • Final mask touch-ups
    • Using adjustment layers to create tonal styling
    Conclusion
    • Next steps