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Lesson Info
27. Clone Stamping & Patch Tools
Lessons
Intro
1Workshop Intro
03:18Foundations
2Gear
12:14 3Gear - My Camera Bags
08:00 4Mastering Camera Settings
07:41 5Blue Hour, A How-To
10:45 6Photos That Move Us
07:19Visual Storytelling 101
07:51 8Endurance In A World Of Sprinting
06:27 9Keeping Your Ideas Fresh
08:31 10Building Your Story Arc
06:44 11Shooting More: Action Plan
02:01 12Conveying Emotions
07:52In the Field
13The Assignment: Himalaya Pre-Pro
12:08 14In the Field: The Himalaya Defender Shoot
20:29 15The Assignment: Canon Pre-Pro
10:25 16In the Field: Canon USA Shoot
15:06Editing
17Keywords & Organizing Images
06:42 18Commercial Grading
04:47 19Masking & Radial Filters
12:33 20Perspective Correction
05:39 21HDR (Hand-Held)
03:37 22Black & White Edits
07:00 23Before & Afters
01:33 24Moody Grading
13:15 25IG Export Settings
04:00 26Web Export Settings
02:44 27Clone Stamping & Patch Tools
05:51 28Grading in Lightroom
06:45 29Hand-Held Panoramas
03:41 30Radial Filters Pt 2
02:38 31Delivering Files to Clients
12:33 32Archiving & Organizing Images
10:15 33My Favorite Software
03:44Business
34Let's Talk Business
01:03 35Building A Desirable Portfolio
11:17 36How to Contact Clients
12:00 37Prospecting: Finding Brands That Fit You
04:16 38Getting Clients To See Our Value
10:16 39Paid to Travel the World
14:48 40The Art of Making Moodboards & Treatments
08:09 41Keys To A Fulfilling Career
07:40 42Three Things You Need To Know Before Pitching
06:19 43Finding Your Value Proposition
08:02 44Media Kit: A Walk Through
08:06 45How I Built My Audience
07:46 46Social Media Landscape
07:32 47Module Recap
03:08Bonus - Everything To Know About Filters
48Do You Need Lens Filters?
09:36 49Filters in The Field
12:40Bonus - Find Your Path
50Find Your Path
07:44Bonus - How To Print Your Work
51Why Print or Sell Photos
23:21 52Preparing Photos for Print
06:44 53Reviewing Major U.S Printers
06:57Lesson Info
Clone Stamping & Patch Tools
(gentle music) Let me show you how you can remove something from a photo. So in this one, for example, I was just being silly and my shadow is in the shot right here, which is a cool touch to the photo. I actually like it like this, but let's say that you don't want, sometimes our shadows in the shot, and we don't have another option than to be in the shadow if we're shooting with the sun behind us. This is the best way I've found to remove things on Photoshop, and the quickest. So again, I duplicate my layer, command + J. I pick my Lasso tool, and I select this guy right here being a goof. And then I use the Content-Aware Fill. So by default, it's in Auto right here. So it tries to auto pick an area. Let's see what it does. Hmm. Not bad. Let's see if we can do better with custom, okay? So with custom, you pick your area of selection. You can hit command, hit space bar. And if you hold your space bar, you can drag your canvas like this. So let's pick an area, maybe like this, see how...
we got. Not great. It's going into the shadow. Just picking a few different areas, see if we can do better than Auto. So far, Auto's doing a really good job. Perfect, right? Tucker's laughing, but I think Auto, there's nothing wrong with Auto except when you're shooting a camera. It's more tricky, but so far, Auto did the best job here. Let's hit it again. Yeah. Let's go with Auto. Okay. So it's created a new layer with our removed area. So I wanna merge these two so I can work on both at the same time, so I can work on both layers at the same time. So merged. So you just right-click merge. So you just do right-click and merge here. Now, I can bring out my other guns. Second best, Patch tool. Let's pick this area and find something similar with a shadow and light. Nope. Let's go full light then. Nope. Not ideal. So let's go with the Stamp tool, Clone Stamp tool. We don't have to be perfect here. We'll run the Patch tool on it after, we just wanna equalize the colors for now. That's how the Patch does best, is when the colors are equalized. Let's try it now again. Pretty good. You can see that this and this are pretty similar. Let's see if we can fix that and pick a different area. Mm, not too bright. Honestly, hard to notice now. Mostly clean here. These three things are an issue. So just about paying attention 'cause the software has funny ways to do things just so people cannot see what we've been up to. All right, hard to see now. If we wanna be more precise, we can pick the Lasso tool, hit 100 pixels, perhaps. There is a hint of different light on the area that the Content-Aware Fill has created. So I'm just gonna bring it to the contrast the other areas have. See, it feels more natural now. Last thing that I'm seeing is this line here. So let's straighten it. It's brought back this thing again. All right. Got rid of it. The line feels pretty straight now. Let's go back. Okay. So this line here looks a bit weird, so let's just straighten that with the Clone Stamp tool. Yeah, so it's making this, all these copies here, it's copying the same rocks many times over, which is fine. We can just clean it up after that. All right. So we get a bit obsessed with this area. But overall, let's do a few finishes. Oh yeah. I'm being pretty picky now. You can't really tell. If you told somebody to look at the image, they could never tell that this person's been removed. These are a bit suspicious, we can remove them. All right, let's go look at a before and after. Pretty clean, right? And boom, that's how we remove stuff on Photoshop.
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Ratings and Reviews
Jon
Not What I Was Expecting Let me just start by saying that the workshop was very good. There were lots of things that I learned and many insights I took away. Perhaps the greatest bit of wisdom imparted to me was not anything Alex said but how he approached every subject he talked about. I felt that he was talking to me as a friend, very personal and open book. This was both a blessing and a curse as the course tends to meander around and is not as structured as others I've taken. Alex's passion for the highest quality, and craftsmanship in every aspect of his business, is very evident. From the premiums he charges, to the attention to detail in client deliveries. This is where my review is going to give some hopefully constructive criticisms. For someone so focused on a premium experience I was a surprised to find the course a bit sloppily assembled, and the videography and editing lackluster. This is coming from a videographer and someone with a lot of experience in online training. A few short examples to illustrate my point include: repeating segments of the edit (in some instances the exact same segment), poor framing. Colors changing between cuts, and my biggest pet peeve, not leaving photo examples on for long enough to see them. These are all small things, but they add up, and along with the topics meandering, left me a bit disappointed. I'm curious who you would say this class is aimed towards. Amateurs, mid-level, or experts? The assumption of who you are addressing changes throughout the course. I feel like with a bit of work from an instructional designer, and some editing cleanup, you could help hone this course to be one of the best out there. I feel like I need to do a more in depth review than will fit here, to actually explain this well. Let me know if that would be helpful to you. One other note: When I signed up for a workshop on Adventure Photography, I honestly thought it would be more field focused. The field examples were all shoots for products, and not shoots documenting an adventure. I guess I had just hoped to learn that side of the storytelling process more. Getting into the nitty gritty of being wet, cold, and dirty, and still shooting bangers. The section on filters (going out and building the snow cave) was more what I thought this course was going to be. Anyhow, with all that said, I still found it valuable and worthwhile. To summarize, the course feels a bit unpolished and in some ways unfinished though there is still great value. I've taken Jimmy Chin's Masterclass on adventure photography and it felt very structured and highly polished. I purchased "Adventure Pro" on the "finish in a month" discount. I would have felt ripped off if I had paid full price with the course in its current state. Thanks for reading and I hope my criticisms come as helpful. As I've already mentioned I'd be happy to further elaborate.
Topher Hammond
One of the best photography investments I'm only 1/4 of the way through Alex's course and I feel like I already have a loose plan on how I can move forward in my own career as a photographer. I felt like my work was lacking a specific feeling. The way that Alex articulated ideas on how to convey emotion in your imagery and building that overarching story arc for your own life narrative were super helpful to focus on how to make my work better. Super looking forward to the rest of this course. Thanks Alex and team!
Sergi Mas de xaxars Rosell
Great Workshop I learned quite a lot with this workshop. Because I'm in the industry for 5 years now, there were a few things I already knew. On the other hand, Alex showed me different and more effective ways to improve my business. I like the way he gives the lessons, always in a personal and close way. This is the knowledge I wish I had when I started. Totally worth it!