Fixing a Group Photo in Photoshop
Offered By: LinkedIn Learning
Course Description
Overview
Learn how to enhance and combine multiple group photos to get the best expression out of each member of the group, using Lightroom and Photoshop.
Group shots are fun but complicated assignments to shoot; you need to make sure that you have the entire group's attention and that everyone looks great. Luckily, what you can't get right in-camera, you can fix in post, with the power of Photoshop and Lightroom. In this short Portrait Project, Chris Orwig takes you through the process of fixing and enhancing three group portraits: a casual beach snapshot, a studio portrait, and a wedding-party photo. Using these tips, you'll be able to get the best expression out of each member of the group.
Group shots are fun but complicated assignments to shoot; you need to make sure that you have the entire group's attention and that everyone looks great. Luckily, what you can't get right in-camera, you can fix in post, with the power of Photoshop and Lightroom. In this short Portrait Project, Chris Orwig takes you through the process of fixing and enhancing three group portraits: a casual beach snapshot, a studio portrait, and a wedding-party photo. Using these tips, you'll be able to get the best expression out of each member of the group.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- Batch process the images in Camera Raw or Lightroom
- Aligning layers in Photoshop
- Masking images together
- Selecting and copying a new face
- Brightening with curves
- Changing size and position with Free Transform
- Seamlessly combine the two images, with masking
- Opening two images in a single Photoshop document
- Copying the replacement expressions to a new layer
- Blending in the new expressions
- Merging to the top layer for final adjustments
Taught by
Chris Orwig
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