20 TIPS FOR FLAWLESS PHOTO EDITS
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BASIC COMPOSITE
“First, when there are multiple
images, you do your cutouts and composite
them into your background. Decide what
requires scaling and distorting. Next, we use02
RETOUCHING AND ADJUSTMENTS
“Here we do some basic clean-ups,
remove any artefacts or unnecessary
reflections from objects, create shape and
form. You can use the Patch tool or the Clone03
DRAMA AND TEXTURE
“In this stage we add further drama and
texture to the image. We are going towards a cold
look and feel. I added a blue flare painted with a solid
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colour on a blending mode, and also
incorporated some haze, bokeh effects and with
some snow falling to give it more authenticity.”the Lens Correction filter. This can be found under
Filter>Lens Correction. It facilitates in the process
of correcting lens distortions and corrects the
Horizontal and Vertical perspective.”Stamp tool to achieve this. To set the mood,
I used the Gradient Map, Black & White,
Color Balance, Selective Color and Photo
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SHADOWS AND
PERSPECTIVE
Great compositing means bringing together multiple
images and editing them so that they work together
seamlessly in one scene. Lewis Moorhead (www.
flewdesigns.com) explains how he creates his
hyper-realistic composites: “To make multiple images
work together and look seamless is not an easy task,
but there are some steps to make sure you do this
every time. I call it PSL (Perspective, Shadows and
Lighting). Each image you use must have the same
perspective to work together seamlessly, or you must
be able to change the perspective, such as using the
Perspective Warp tool or Transform tools. If the
perspective is off, your whole image will look faked.
The shadows must react with the lighting to be
accurate. If the light source is in the left-hand side of
the image, then you are going to get shadows on the
far right of the object. I use a Round brush with 15%
Opacity and 10% Flow. This way I can use a mouse as
effectively as using a tablet for creating accurate
shadows. For the lights I use a clipping mask on each
object, either using a Color Dodge layer with Soft
Round brush for harsh lights on a black background, or
just a plain Overlay or Soft Light layer using a suitable
colour similar to the light source. To bring all the
images together to make them look like they belong, I
sharpen the image and then use the Noise filter adding
around one or two per cent.”