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Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning

Lesson 41 from: Creating a Fine Art Series

Brooke Shaden

Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning

Lesson 41 from: Creating a Fine Art Series

Brooke Shaden

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Lesson Info

41. Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Class Introduction

07:25
2

Overview of Brooke’s Journey

20:13
3

Your Timeline is Nonlinear

05:37
4

Using Curiosity and Intention to Build Your Career

03:26
5

What Factors Dictate Growth

08:24
6

Organic Growth vs. Forced Growth

05:18
7

Niche Branding

04:57
8

Brooke’s Artistic Evolution and Timeline

24:27
9

How Can You Get Ahead if You Feel Behind?

10:02
10

Ideation and Conceptualization to Identify Meaning in Your Art

05:54
11

Idea Fluency

10:33
12

How to Represent an Idea

07:01
13

How to Innovate an Idea

07:07
14

Creating a Dialogue With Your Art

05:48
15

Conceptualization For a Series vs. a Single Image

03:43
16

Transforming a Single Image Into a Series

03:12
17

How to Tell a Story in a Series

03:28
18

How to Create Costumes From Fabric

07:20
19

Brooke’s Most Useful Costumes

02:19
20

Using Paint and Clay as Texture in an Image

02:56
21

Create Physical Elements in an Image

10:22
22

Shooting for a Fine Art Series

05:45
23

Conceptualization: Flowery Fish Bowl in the Desert

04:08
24

Wardrobe and Texture

04:54
25

Posing for the Story

05:32
26

Choosing an Image

01:23
27

Conceptualization: Rainy Plexiglass

11:34
28

Posing for the Story

04:17
29

Creating Backlight

02:37
30

Photo Shoot #1 - Creating a Simple Composite

17:51
31

Photo Shoot #2 - Creating a Dynamic Composite

06:31
32

Photo Shoot #3 - Creating a Storytelling Composite

07:40
33

Shooting the Background Images

06:14
34

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Working With Backgrounds

24:35
35

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Retouching the Subject

04:20
36

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Color Grading

02:45
37

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Floor Replacement Texture

15:24
38

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Final Adjustments

03:21
39

Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Cropping and Editing Backgrounds

05:25
40

Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Selective Adjustments

03:55
41

Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning

03:21
42

Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Compositing Models

06:58
43

Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Expanding Rooms

02:17
44

Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Color

02:47
45

Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Exposure

04:04
46

Editing Composite Shoot #2- Masking Into Backgrounds

10:45
47

Editing Composite Shoot #2- Creating Rooms in Photoshop

06:11
48

Editing Composite Shoot #2- Compositing Hair

05:07
49

Editing Composite Shoot #2- Global Adjustments

04:49
50

Editing Composite Shoot #3- Blending Composite Elements

05:00
51

Editing Composite Shoot #3- Advanced Compositing

08:46
52

Editing Composite Shoot #3- Cleanup

03:34
53

Materials for Alternative Processes

06:20
54

Oil Painting on Prints

05:41
55

Encaustic Wax on Prints

03:09
56

Failure vs. Sell Out

05:14
57

Create Art You Love and Bring an Audience To You

03:35
58

Branding Yourself Into a Story

05:40
59

The Artistic Narrative

05:26
60

Get People to Care About Your Story

03:36
61

Get People to Buy Your Story

11:36
62

Getting Galleries and Publishers to Take Notice

03:41
63

Pricing For Commissions

06:43
64

Original Prints vs. Limited Edition Prints vs. Open Edition Prints

02:11
65

Class Outro

01:00
66

Live Premiere

16:14
67

Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 1

04:41
68

Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 2

07:12
69

Live Premiere: Q&A

16:10
70

Live Premiere: Photo Critique

47:33

Lesson Info

Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning

I think that I'm going to add texture because that's one of the hallmarks of the Siri's. So I'm making sure Thio keep that consistent. So I'm going to find my textures. And now I'm thinking, What's the best texture for this? So let's just take a look at some of the options here. I'm quite a fan of this one, and what I'm really going for is either a dripping effect because we have so much water dripping or kind of a painterly, clouded effect for the background. And I think I'm gonna go with this one. I'm really inspired by that texture. So let's bring that one in, see if we can add it to the background because we're creating a lot of abstraction in this image. So this texture is gonna really help make it abstract. I think it's gonna be beautiful again. I like the bottom better than the top, so I'm gonna flip it to where the head is. And that way you're gonna pay more attention to that area that I want you to pay attention to. So I flipped it vertically again. We'll try, lighten, lower t...

he opacity on it, and I think this just made it next level. So I'm very excited about this. You know, if you wanted it to take on the same properties, the texture as the color that you've already added, you can always just move that layer down so that it does have those same color properties. So that's what I'm going to do there. Let's try changing the contrast and the darkness on it because it's taking up a lot of your eye right now, and I want to make sure the darkness fits. I think that's pretty phenomenal. I am so happy with how this is turning out and makes me want to just zoom in a little bit more so we can see the details. As we zoom in, you can see that there is so much to look at, and I want to really highlight where the eyes are and especially the edge of the lip. And this is just another step right. We're pulling back, saying What happens next zooming in saying, Where can I add detail to the Siri's to create visual interest and where I can add that detail right now is in the facial features, so I've clicked back on my background layer where the subject is, and I'm going to use the burn tool to do this. Right now, I am just going to make it pretty tiny. Take the exposure into the 20 to 30% range and I wanna add wherever there's a shadow. I want to exacerbate that shadow on her eyes on the lip so that your I really, really goes to those areas. And it's very, very clear where I want you to look when you reach the mouth and the eyes in this image. So you see what that just did. If I just click that on and off, you can see on the I adding in adding in where I want you to look. So I think this looks phenomenal. I'm so excited. I'm going to do one more big curve layer just going to take away the black point. I'm going to make it overall a little bit darker, added a little bit of contrast and I think that that looks wonderful. So let's hit save on that and we're going to move on to the composited images that you have as well

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Ratings and Reviews

a Creativelive Student
 

Brooke never fails to deliver. I found this course superb from start to finish. From exercising your creative 'muscle', demystifying taking self portraits, and showing that they don't have to be perfect before you begin editing, to walking you through her editing process and how to price your work. Brooke's enthusiastic personality and excitement about the work shines through it all. Definitely recommended!

Søren Nielsen
 

Thank for fantastic motivating an very inspiring. The story telling and selling module was very helpful - thanks from Denmark

Rebecca Potter
 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Brooke for this amazing class. Inspired and so full of practical knowledge, this is the best class I've ever watched. You have given me the confidence to pursue what I've always been afraid to do. Watch this space!

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