Night Photography Post Processing Techniques
with Tim Cooper
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  01 Class Introduction
05:40 -
  04 Star Stacking: Combining Layers With Lighten Blending Mode
09:09
Class duration: 1h 23m
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About The Class
Correct Common Night Photography Problems
Taking photos at night presents some obvious problems. Shadows, underexposure, blurring and lack of light can all conspire to ruin a perfectly lovely scene. But good Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe® Lightroom® post-processing techniques can take a deeply flawed night image and give it new life. In this class, night photography expert Tim Cooper will show you how to deal with common night photography issues through image deconstruction, Blend Modes, layers and masks, color fill layers and other retouching tools.
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Lightroom Classic CC, Adobe Photoshop CC 2018
Topics Covered
Lesson Plan
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01
Class Introduction
05:40 -
02
Milky Way Image: Combining Exposures
04:32 -
03
Milky Way Image: Simple Selections And masking
06:37 -
04
Star Stacking: Combining Layers With Lighten Blending Mode
09:09 -
05
Star Stacking: Layer Masks
05:06 -
06
Car Trails: Merging Multple Exposures
09:19 -
07
Car Trails: Fixing Uneven Sky
08:38 -
08
Light Painting: And Layering
03:12 -
09
Light Painting: Masking In Photoshop
12:30 -
10
Full Moon: Multiple Exposures In Lightroom And Photoshop
12:33 -
11
Full Moon: Adjusting Layer Elements
06:40
Meet Your Expert
Tim Cooper
Originally from New Jersey, Tim was an electrician before moving to Montana in 1991 to discover his love of photography. After attending night classes at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, the passion was born and he attended the Summer Intensive Program the following ... read more
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John Fletcher
February 2019
I'd recommend this course to someone who is completely new to night/star photography and photoshop. There are some good, easy processing tips in here to pull off some nice effects. I was really hoping this was going to go into some more detail and talk about processing tips for dealing with high ISO grain and whatnot in images that is pretty much a given when doing night photography. Unfortunately, there was nothing in here about dealing with this. It's more just compositing techniques.
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Creativelive Student
November 2018
Perfect class for mainly LR users needing to use PS to do some more editing. Tim explains his steps very well. There is no fluff. Just all good tips.
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Jean Hilmes
May 2018
Truly great tips on taking nigh photography.
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