Advanced Techniques in Photoshop and Lightroom

Learn the main multi-shot photo techniques: panoramas, focus stacking, HDR, and multiple exposures.

Introduction

• Techniques using multiple shots
• Who this course is for?

1. Panoramas

• Shooting panoramas
• Create a panorama in Adobe Photoshop
• Create a panorama in Lightroom Classic
• Create a panorama in Adobe Camera RAW
• Create a vertical panorama
• Fix or embrace distortion
• Adding additional frames to a panorama
• Use Photomerge as a wide angle lens
• Using Photomerge to fix composition
• Create an Instagram panorama
• Create a collage

2. HDR

• Create an HDR image in Lightroom Classic
• Create an HDR image in Photoshop
• Create an HDR image in ACR
• Create an HDR panorama in Lightroom Classic
• Do you need HDR?

3. Stacking, Blending, and Combining Layers

• Intro to focus stacking
• Focus-stacked images
• A simple two-frame focus stack and mask
• Simple focus stack and exposure blend
• Manual focus stack
• Semi-automatic focus stack
• Fixing focus stack problems

4. More Reasons to Stack Layers

• Blending layers to create a group shot
• New life for old images
• Using statistics to remove unwanted elements from a scene
• Creating a double exposure effect
• Multiple exposure effect