Photoshop for iPad: Photoshop Compositing

Take your image editing on the go with Photoshop for the iPad. Discover how to create composites and retouch portraits with this powerful mobile app.

Introduction

• Photoshop for iPad

1. The Photoshop Interface

• Opening and creating files
• Viewing and manipulating layers
• Selecting and using tools
• Using menus
• Using the Selection tool

2. Creating a Photo Montage

• Opening the background image
• Selecting the subject
• Creating a mask from the selection
• Using the Object Select tool to add a mask
• Unlinking a layer mask using the Transform Selection tool
• Adding a new layer and building a floor reflection
• Adding a window mask
• Adding a view through the window
• Adding a window reflection
• Patching the power strips
• Adding a text banner
• Distorting the text
• Adjusting the color of a layer
• Making adjustments based on selections

3. Creating a Beauty Retouch

• Removing blemishes and coloring shadows
• Boosting contrast with a Levels adjustment layer
• Enhancing colors with a Levels adjustment layer
• Painting translucent effects with an adjustment layer
• Adding selective tinting effects
• Painting skin tones with low opacity
• Adding realistic coloring effects
• Adding a background
• Adding lighting effects

Conclusion

• Next steps