Learn Photoshop Compositing Ten-Minute Techniques

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Learn Photoshop Compositing: Ten-Minute Techniques
Seán Duggan

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Sharpen your Photoshop compositing skills.
In this course, photographer and educator Seán Duggan presents eight fast-paced tutorials,
each aimed at a particular aspect of Photoshop compositing: making smarter selections,
creating quick layer masks, and working with blend modes. Each tutorial demonstrates an
essential compositing skill in a project that takes 10 minutes or less to complete.










Creating a new image from multiple photos might seem daunting at first,
but with a little knowledge and experience, you can create interesting
composite images in a matter of minutes. Hi, I'm Sean Duggan, and in this
course, I'll show you some great Photoshop techniques for working with
selections, layer masking, and blend modes, so that you can quickly create
your own composite images. Once you learn these basic techniques, you can
easily apply them to create collages. As we take a look at these concepts
in Photoshop, we'll be working with the program's content aware selection
tools, such as Quick Selections, Refine Edge, and Refine Mask.

We'll also explore some fast methods for creating and editing layer masks,
so you can control the visibility of layers. We'll experiment with the magic
of blending modes, and even explore the often amazing and unexpected result
that can be achieved with the Blend If sliders. Along the way, we'll create
several different composite images that all take about 10 minutes or less to
complete. And you'll some of the essential ways that you could easily combine
images in Photoshop. I have a lot of cool imaging techniques to share with you,
so let's get started.