Course Overview
You will learn how to extract your subject, create amazing backgrounds and blend both images together. With the power of Photoshop this style is more popular then ever. It is like doing a great landscape and portrait at the same time!
Lessons
7
Length
1 Hour 15 Minutes
Level
Beginner
Required
Photoshop
Lessons
Introduction
A brief overview of the lessons and an introduction to compositing
Retouching in Camera Raw 7
First we will retouch the background using the new amazing features in camera raw 7. A photo of the Louvre in Paris
Extraction from the Background
We will then retouch our subject and extract him from his original background. This has become so easy since Photoshop CS 4 and the new quick selection tool and the refine edge option. You will learn an easy way to use these tools
Blending Images
Then we blend both images together, dealing with all the colors, luminosity and composition issues. To finish off we will stylize the final result
More on Camera Raw development
This is where we start our second project, a background of a sunset in Florida that we will first develop with Camera Raw to give it a very edgy, HDR look
Extraction from a Simple Snapshot
We then extract our subject, a simple snapshot taken in my garden with no flash
Blending Images with Stylization
We blend both images and we go there for an even more stylized feeling with a sepia look to the overall image