Compositing 101

 

Lesson Info

Pre-Shoot: Love at the Wash-n-Suds

Compositing is about making complex, visual masterpieces driven by your creative vision. Through mastering compositing, you will deepen your understanding of color, light, and movement — vaulting your photography skills to the next level while bringing more value to your clients and your pocket.

Instructor Aaron Nace has taught millions of photographers at every skill level how to construct vibrant images through photo manipulation. This 3-day introductory course will teach you everything you need to know about compositing — from basics to mastery.

During this in-depth workshop, Aaron will show you how to conceptualize the idea, plan out your composite, photograph and light each piece of the puzzle, and artfully combine the many parts using Photoshop.


Software Used: Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Lightroom 5

Lessons

Introduction to Compositing
Lighting for Compositing
First Photoshoot with Model
Developing New Ideas On-Set
Matching Lighting and Camera Angles
FreePreview: Testing Composite in Photoshop
Shooting Second Image with Model
Adjusting Lighting and Angles for Composite Image
Introduction
Pre-Shoot: Love at the Wash-n-Suds
Test Shoot with Models
Creating Levitation Effects with Compositing
Shoot: Love at the Wash-n-Suds Part 1
Shoot: Love at the Wash-n-Suds Part 2
Culling the Images
Wash-n-Suds: Lightroom Culling and Exporting
Compositing: Wash-n-Suds Part 1
Using the Pen Tool
Compositing: Wash-n-Suds Part 2
Swimming in Cereal: Culling and Exporting
Compositing: Swimming in Cereal Part 1
Compositing: Swimming in Cereal Part 2
 
 
 
 

Reviews

  • Great moment i Won't miss. 2 of my favourites learning web sites in one !!! Thanks Aaron for all you bring to me including lessons of English...(don't understand every joke but...when you smile , i do too... ) Best regards from Brittany (France)
  • <p>i&#39;m amateur photographer.i had a hope move on as professional, this is great lesson and CreativeLive motivate my self step by step to fulfills my hopes. </p>
  • I had high hopes for this class and thought I'd buy it, but fortunately I watched it live and realized it was not at all what I thought it would be. Way too much time was spent on setting up shoots and precious little time on actual compositing. I agree with another student that said the title was misleading. It may be fine for people interested in specifically setting up shoots for composites, like for advertising, but for someone just interested in learning compositing, it's not the class to purchase.
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