These notes are meant as a reference and study guide for Jim's workshop on compositing using Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Use this document to select and view the relevant video clips (which run about an hour and a half all totaled.) There are three main sections:
- Compositing Examples – ideas for rendings that use compositing.
- Photoshop Basics – the basics of using Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for making composite images.
- Compositing Techniques – step-by-step examples that demonstrate techniques for making composite images.
✓ Click Here to watch the intro video.(14:58)
Compositing Examples
- ✓ Click Here to get a glimpose at the two of the composite images that are explained in detail in the Techniques section (below).
- ✓ Click Here to watch the
background replacement
examples. - ✓ Click Here to watch the
eye replacement
example. - ✓ Click Here to see the examples of composing scenes in Photoshop.
- ✓ Click Here to see composite image examples rolled into circles.
Photoshop Basics
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video on setting up Photoshop.
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video on setting up Photoshop Elemenmts.
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video that explains digital images and pixels.
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video that explains layers.
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video that explains layer masks.
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video that explains how to save your edited images.
Compositing Techniques – Layer Masks – Sky Replacement
Layer masks let us see the pixels on more than one layer to make a composite image from two diferent photos.
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video on masking and selection.
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video on combining photos, and fine-tuning masks.
- ✓ Click Here to download the foreground image used in this section.
- ✓ Click Here to download the background image used in this section.
Compositing Techniques – Layer Masks – Blue Moon
This section demonstrates how layer masks can be used to make another composite image from three different photos.
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video on making the Blue Moon image (12:28).
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video on masking the little girl (14:58).
- ✓ Click Here to download the Blue Moon background image.
- ✓ Click Here to download the image of the moon.
- ✓ Click Here to download the image of the little girl.
Compositing Techniques – Blend Modes
Some image pairs can be combined far better and more quickly using blend modes rather than using carefully constructed layer masks.
- ✓ Click Here to watch the video on compositing with blend modes.
- ✓ Click Here to download the scene image used in this section.
- ✓ Click Here to download the clouds image used in this section.