Request KelbyOne - Joel Grimes - Creative Compositing Part 2: Putting it Together in Photoshop

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LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION
Join Joel as he recaps the first part of this two-part class where he did all of the shooting, both in studio and on location, to capture the images that will be used in the second part of the class.

LESSON 2: MAKING THE SELECTS
When making your selects, you are going for the look that works with the project and background. By shooting multiple poses and angles it provides a great resource of photos to chose from.

LESSON 3: BLENDING THE HDR BACKGROUND
Look over Joel's shoulder as he demonstrates all the settings and choices he makes as he runs the background captures through Photomatix Pro to create the final background image.

LESSON 4: CREATING THAT GRUNGY LOOK
Starting with a portrait of Ashley, the soccer player, Joel takes us through his process for getting his signature grungy look.

LESSON 5: EXTRACTING THE SUBJECT
Learn how to use the Quick Select and Refine Edge tools in Photoshop CS5 to make the job of extracting the subject from its original background a piece of cake.

LESSON 6: PREPPING THE BACKGROUND
Before dropping the subject into the scene, the background image needs to be run through the same grunging process that was done to the subject to help them work together.

LESSON 7: CREATING ATMOSPHERE
A big part of "selling the fake" is taking steps to connect the subject to the background by creating and enhancing the atmosphere of the photo.

LESSON 8: DODGE AND BURN
Dodging and burning is a great technique for evening out the tones in the model's face and bringing out her beauty.

LESSON 9: FINAL RETOUCHES
Joel brings the final composite home