Make a Polished Image Background with Brooke Shaden

Brooke Shaden

Create, Source and Composite backdrops

Simple Backdrops for Compositing
  • 7 video lessons
  • 1 hour and 26 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
  • 100% satisfaction guarantee

Learn how to source, put together and polish backgrounds for your images by utilizing everyday objects, set design, and compositing. Award-winning and fine art photographer Brooke Shaden, shares her secrets to creating the magic behind her subjects. Not having a big budget or a great location should never stop someone from creating images that look expensive and refined.

You'll Learn:

  1. How to create and use bedsheets as backdrops so that your images have a painterly background.
  2. How to effectively and inexpensively use color theory and prop placement to create a set in your own home.
  3. How to shoot backgrounds for subjects you will composite in later, and top tricks for being able to create smooth composites.

This class has been edited in partnership with Adobe

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Course Instructor

Brooke Shaden

Brooke Shaden

Brooke explores the darkness and light in people, and her work looks at that juxtaposition. As a self-portrait artist, she photographs herself and becomes the characters of dreams inspired by a childhood of intense imagination and fear.

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Make a Polished Image Background with Brooke Shaden is rated 5.0 stars by 14 students

  • Ahmad M. Sep 9, 2021

    Great, great to watch, great to listen and great to learn from, loved the instructor.

  • Kamand . Oct 2, 2020

    I started to use Photoshop just for two months now, and I just came to this fruitful tutorial from the Adobe Photoshop official page for beginner tutorials. And I can say that it was amazing. For me that had already learned the basics of software, her amazing lessons were a chance to dig even way deeper into the color theory and light/shadow/color aspects of photo editing/compositing. Besides from that, it was a real inspiration on how we can use our simplest tools and options we have even at "home" to just start building our little home-studio and start photo shooting, compositing and eventually CREATING inspiring, mesmerizing artworks. HAVE FUN CREATIVES! =)

  • hugh O. Jun 9, 2020

    Excellent

  • Marie C. May 24, 2020

    I think that Brooke Shaden is very easy to listen to and understand. I would definitely recommend this. Thank you

  • Burcu D. May 12, 2020

    super useful! many thanks!

  • Kaoser . May 8, 2020

    Very informative, simple and humble explanation of the process. 10/10.

  • Mollie K. Jan 18, 2020

    Compositing, curves, layer masks - they all seemed so daunting before. Brooke modeled and explained the tools so clearly that I'm excited to start a compositing project of my own.

  • Deann D. Oct 4, 2019

    Fantastic, super helpful. I love her creativity and imagination. Her technical explanation is spot on. Thank you Brooke.

  • Bill R. Sep 25, 2019

    She is a wonderful artist, love her imagination and if you want to learn about curve layers this is for you.

  • Allegro S. Aug 31, 2019

    It is very informative.

  • Raymond F. Aug 25, 2019

    Super interesting course. I learned some techniques that I was not aware of. I would definitely recommend this course.

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