Course Overview
In our next course from Creative Director and Photoshop Guru Rikard Rodin you will create a stunning fantasy scene of a woman taming a dragon. In addition to covering photoshop compositing basics—shortcuts, selection, masking, transform—there are unique techniques here for creating volumentric light, dust and texture and color grading with gradient maps.
Lessons
8
Length
1 Hour 46 Minutes
Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Required
Photoshop CC
Lessons
Getting Started
Learn the most used shortcuts in Photoshop—and the shortcuts that will drastically speed up your photoshop compositing.
The Dragon
A short introduction to 3D compositing—learn how to use the most common 3D render outputs to composite an image.
The Tamer
Here we cover selection and cutouts using paths, along with the Seleciton & Mask tool.
The Cave
Learn different methods of selection and masking as we put together the background of the scene.
Integration & Lighting
Learn how to simulate lighting with gradients and blending modes.
Texture & Grunge
Here you'll learn about blending modes and how to add realism and "levels of detail" to an image with grunge and texture
Color Grading
Learn the basics of color grading with gradient maps, color balance and curves.
Final Touches
Learn both the destructive and non-destructive method to add sharpness and consistent film grain to your final image.