Creating Magical Photo Composites with Bella Kotak - 2 of 2 | Adobe Creative Cloud

Transform a basic image by adding a touch of whimsy! Tune in with Fine Art and Fashion Photographer, Bella Kotak as she walks you through her photo compositing process using Photoshop on the iPad and desktop. She’ll start by using the cutout feature on the iPad, and then take her work over to the desktop to transform the image with color and cropping. Join the conversation and help Bella add storytelling elements to her composites to transform an every day image to something magical!

Guest Bella Kotak is a fine art, fashion and portrait photographer living and working in between the US and the UK: https://www.bellakotak.com/

Host Aaron Nace is a photographer, educator and founder of Phlearn.com, an online resource that provides Photoshop tutorials: https://www.behance.net/phlearn

Join us LIVE on Behance: https://www.behance.net/adobelive

Chapters

00:00 Start

2:42 Intro to Today’s Project

5:20 Adding Bubbles to the Image

15:15 How Bella Decided What Bubbles to Keep in the Image

17:05 Using Liquify Tool to Distort Image Behind Bubbles

25:04 Using Healing Tool to Clean Up the Image

41:33 Using Liquify Tool to Smooth Shapes

52:29 Desaturating the Image

54:15 Masking the Subject from the Background

55:56 Using the Selective Color Tool

58:20 Editing Color with Hue / Saturation Tool

1:01:17 Using Color Balance Tool to Edit Color Further

1:05:10 Bella’s Advice on Picking a Color Palette

1:12:30 Using Curves to Edit Color Channels

1:22:58 Adding a Gradient Map

1:30:45 Erik Johansson’s Artist Spotlight

1:38:07 Recap of Bella’s Process Steps

1:48:20 Adding a Vignette

1:52:37 Talking About Quality in Fine Art

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Creating Magical Photo Composites with Bella Kotak - 2 of 2 | Adobe Creative Cloud

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