Portrait Compositing from Start to Finish

Capture and create a realistic portrait composite that allows your subject to be anywhere. In this session, Matt Kloskowski will show how to successfully set up a photograph for a composite. He’ll discuss lighting, angles, and some tips and tricks you can use to set yourself up for success right from the start. Once we have our portrait, we'll bring the photo in to Photoshop®, Matt will show how to make a detailed selection (including hair), and then add the person to a new background. You’ll learn how to make great selections, but you’ll also get some techniques for helping people “fit” into the background so they look like they were really there.

Software Used: Adobe Photoshop CC 2017.1.1

• Class Introduction
• Composite Examples
• Set-Up for Photoshoot
• Live Shoot: Model Placement
• How to Choose Images for the Composite
• Introduction to Selections
• Selections Q&A
• Start Post Processing in Photoshop
• Advanced Selections with Hair
• Composite Portrait to Background
• Composite Blonde Hair into Light Background
• Color Grade the Composite
• Add Styles to Transform Composite
• Quick Composite Steps A to Z
• Composite Tools Q&A