Getting Started with Composite Images

Compositing allows you to bring together the best elements of separate images into a single masterpiece, but doing it well is often tedious and complex. In Getting Started with Composite Images, Tim Grey will teach compositing techniques that simplify the process.

Tim will demonstrate “automatic” methods you can use to create composite images in Photoshop. You’ll learn about assembling a composite panorama, working with focus stacks, and high dynamic range (HDR) images. You’ll learn how to create seamless layer masks and how to ensure an object placed in a photo matches in terms of tone and color. Tim will also teach you how to resize and reposition objects so your composites come out beautifully.

Software Used: Adobe Photoshop CC 2014.2.2

• Introduction to Composites
• Composite Panorama
• Layering Images in Photoshop
• Layer Mask Basics
• Painting to Combine Images
• Selection-Based Composite
• Mixing and Matching
• Feathering and Refining a Mask
• Apply Adjustments to Layers for Improved Matching