LEARN HOW TO COMPOSITE RENDER LAYERS USING
BLENDINGMODESANDFILTERSINPHOTOSHOP
CREATIVE POSTPRODUCTION
WITH LAYERS AND FILTERS
KHALED ALKAYED
http://www.khaled-alkayed.com
@khaled_alkayedOUR EXPERT
Khaled Alkayed is a Jordanian artist
working as a 3D artist at Team Y&R,
where he’s developed his 3D skills in
the advertising industry.Layers, layer styles, blend modes and filters
are all essential when it comes to post-
production of any kind. They lend themselves
particularly well to automotive images, which
often combine 3D renders with photos, used
either as a main part of the composition or as
textures. The artwork here is based on a
personal project that Khaled Alkayed worked
on for six months and won some awards for.
“The idea came when I was watching movies
like Death Race and Mad Max. They gave me
the urge to do something similar so I started
with a Maybach Exelero then went onto this
one, the Ferrari Enzo,” explains Alkayed.This tutorial will explain the process
behind the artwork and will focus on the
main steps taken in the post-production
stage of the work using Photoshop. He used
Maya for modelling the vehicle then rendered
using V-Ray to export the final image with
what we need from the render passes. With
those in place for us to build masks and
selections from, we’ll build up effects on
layers and use the Magic Bullet plug-in to
enhance the image further. The aim is to
make this look like a real photo, so we’ll be
re-creating lens effects and depth of field as
part of the post-production process.