Course For Photoshop CS5 - Compositing at Mac App Store analyse

With Photoshop and some solid compositing skills, you can make any image that comes to mind ... Photoshop has made the world look at pictures differently. With its amazing ability to seamlessly combine graphics to make perfect images, you can create any image that comes to mind ... but you need some solid Photoshop skills first! This Photoshop compositing tutorial will show you how to take photos from real life and morph them into wild and interesting phantasy images. Youll learn how to select and blend images to create scenes that never happened. Along the way youll learn how to choose photos for compositing, how to use Photoshops tools to blend and morph images picture-perfectly, and also how to finally get that picture of yourself shaking Obamas hand ... Impress your friends and relatives - learn how to composite in Photoshop! Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Observing Perspective 3. Considering Lighting 4. Considering Image Sizes and Resolutions 5. Getting Started 6. Cutting Out Your Images 7. Adjusting Value, Tone and Color 8. Blending with the Eraser and Opacity Controls 9. Copying Pieces to Extend an Area 10. Using the Clone Tool to Extend or Cover Areas 11. Refining Edges with the Lasso Tool 12. Softening Hard Edges with the Lasso Tool 13. Using Layer Opacity to Blend Layers 14. Using the Dodge and Burn Tool to Add Shadow 15. Adding Touches and Adjustments to Focal Points 16. Using Adjusted Layer Copies to Adjust Lightness and... 17. Finishing Touches 18. Using Filters to Unify the Look of an Image 19. Compositing a Person or Figure 20. Refining Your Tools 21. Flipping Images to Match Lighting 22. Lining Up an Overlayed Image 23. Matching Skin Tones and Contrast 24. Using the Eraser to Reveal Shadows and Details 25. Adding Additional Shadows 26. Using Blurring to Match Focal Depth 27. Removing Background Details 28. Adding the Final Touches 29. Exercise 1: Shake Hands with Obama 30. Exercise 2: Curse Of the Sea Hag 31. Exercise 3: Road Rage with the War-A-Cuda