Photo editing
36 The Professional Photoshop Book
PSD INNOVATIVE IS A FULL-SERVICE AGENCY OFFERING RETOUCHING, DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND
PHOTOGRAPHY. HERE THEY SHARE THE PROCESS BEHIND ONE OF THEIR STUNNING TRANSFORMATIONS- PERFECT COMMERCIAL RETOUCHING
01
PHOTOGRAPH THE PRODUCT
Richard Parsons, creative photographer, photographed the SLS with
multiple exposers to get the lighting correct on each of the panels and
changed the position of the lighting to achieve this. Usually we will shoot a
back plate without the car, then the car will be moved into frame.02
MAKE COMPLEX CUTOUTS
With the car cut out and the background separate, each panel of the car
is then cut out with the Pen tool and matched up to the original image on the base
layer. We adjust any of the panels for colour matching and make sure that they fit
correctly. The panels are then masked and brushed smooth.03
CORRECT AND RETOUCH
The final stage is to correct the overall
look of the final shot. The headlight beams and a
new floor were added. At this point we will use
many different adjustment layers and blending
modes to achieve a stylised look. Because the
entire process is non-destructive, we can adjust
until we are happy with the final product.- PRE EDIT IN CAMERA RAW
Photoshop has a lot of great features for photo
editing, but Camera Raw 9 offers almost as much
power as Lightroom, which is dedicated solely to
photo editing and retouching – it pays to make the
most of ACR, especially with pure photography. You
can open any image in Camera Raw from Bridge or
through Photoshop itself (Filter>Camera Raw Filter)
to access the tools. You can make basic
adjustments to the image, such as Hue/Saturation
and colour correction, sharpening, noise reduction,
Curves adjustment and so on. There are also
options to add filters, emulating the look of lens
filters to give vignette and other similar effects.
Bear in mind that your final output affects how
much you want to do in ACR. If it is a
straightforward retouch, then you can do a lot of
your workload in ACR, however, if you are going
to be performing a lot of photomanipulation work,
avoid anything like sharpening, which might
introduce unwanted halos.© PSD Innovative 2015030-039 Photo Editing Feature_PPB_07.indd 36 06/10/2015 16:04