Photo Compositing Essentials with Erik Almås - 1 of 2 | Adobe Creative Cloud

Join Photographer Erik Almås on Adobe Live as he shares how to create mind-blowing composites in Photoshop. Follow along with Erik as he takes you through his entire process from idea generation, to retouching, to color grading. Tune in and take your Photoshop skills to the next level!

Guest Erik Almås is a photographer based in the Bay Area: https://www.behance.net/erikalmas

Host Anna McNaught is a photographer, photoshop artist, and traveler: https://annamcnaught.com/

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Chapters

00:00 Start

1:40 Intro to Erik’s Work

11:23 Defining What and Why About Erik’s Process

14:12 What to Look for in Your Photographic Style

24:15 Going Over Today’s Project

27:37 Browsing Photo Library

35:50 Importance of Focus

38:25 Tripod or Handheld Photography?

43:55 Concept and Execution Difficulty

45:52 Working with an Ad Agency

50:55 Location Scouting Process

53:48 Looking at Raw Photos from Photoshoot

1:01:48 Erik’s Cameras

1:03:50 Building a Composite from Scratch

1:07:35 Using the Curves Tool

1:10:08 Difference Between Natural and Hyperrealism

1:15:50 Editing Color with Channels

1:17:37 Erik’s Process for Masking

1:21:43 Erik’s Reason for Having His Tools on the Right

1:24:00 Adding in the Sky

1:33:10 Adding in the Model to the Composite

1:41:20 Does Erik Use Stock Photos?

1:42:35 Adding the Boat to the Composite

1:49:00 Comparing to Original Edit

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Photo Compositing Essentials with Erik Almås - 1 of 2 | Adobe Creative Cloud

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