From Surreal to Real: Building Composite Images in Photoshop

Thursday, May 20

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Washington, DC (UTC-4)

Come along my creative journey as I show you the steps to bring to life a Surreal photo composite in Photoshop and teach you real-world photo compositing techniques.

Topics include:

  • Various ways of selecting your subject
  • Easy ways to remove the background from your subject 
  • Utilizing Layer Masks to blend two images together
  • The diverse variety of layer blending modes
  • Simple keyboard shortcuts to make working in Photoshop easier
  • Non-destructive editing utilizing Smart Objects/Smart Filters
  • How to make your image pop with Color Grading in the Camera Raw filter
  • Add selective contrast with Adjustment Layers
  • How to save your composite with Export As and Save for Web
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