Adobe Photoshop CC In-Depth: Compositing and Masking Hair Made Easy

Description

• Join Scott as he introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
• Set yourself up for success by keeping your lighting setup simple when creating the original images.
• You can shoot your own backgrounds or find them on the web.
• Scott demonstrates a variation on a technique he learned from Lee Varis to create the first composite.
• This channel masking technique is an oldie, but a goodie, and it helps to have a few compositing techniques in your toolbox.
• Another technique that works great for portraits shot on a gray background involves blending the background into the layer containing your subject.
• This technique involves the Quick Selection tool and the Refine Edge functionality.
• Building on Part 1, Scott completes the removal of the subject from the background and places it on a new one.
• Scott shares three techniques for dealing with fringe around the edges of a subject.
• To help sell the composite you may need to adjust color and tone of the subject to help it match the background.
• The goal of unifying the image is to add a treatment to the entire composite to bring it all together.

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