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Adobe Master Class: Advanced Compositing in Adobe Photoshop CC: Bringing the Impossible to Reality -- with Bret Malley, 2nd edition

Published by Adobe Press (December 1, 2017) © 2018

  • Bret Malley

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Beginning with some basic orientation and humorous descriptions of tools, layers, adjustments and the rest, Adobe Master Class: Advanced Compositing in Photoshop progresses into tutorials brimming with secret techniques for advanced compositing. The book opens with a brush-up on the fundamentals of compositing (layering and combining images) in Photoshop, making sure that students have a grasp of the basic techniques. Author Bret Malley goes on to provide photographic advice for taking pictures that are well-suited to compositing, including words of wisdom on camera settings and lighting. Other preparatory topics include color theory, image composition, and perspective.
  • Provides solid grounding in tools and techniques for seamlessly combining images in Adobe Photoshop
  • Includes behind-the-scene tutorials for building outstanding images based on examples from the artist’s portfolio, as well as guest images (and interviews) from critically acclaimed artists
  • Author is an award-winning photographer, Photoshop artist, and instructor
This edition reflects several major and many minor “cloud” updates to Photoshop since the first edition’s release in mid-2014. In addition to screenshot and image updates throughout, it reflects the powerful new Select and Mask feature, Adobe’s replacement for Refine Edge. In addition, Malley also presents extensive coverage of compositing images captured with cellphone cameras, including techniques that use built-in Wi-Fi to improve compositing workflow. This edition also contains significant new coverage of compositing RAW images.

Section I: Basics

Chapter 1 Get Oriented

Chapter 2 Hidden Basics

Chapter 3 Layers and Photoshop Muscle

Chapter 4 Favorite Adjustment Layers and Filters

Chapter 5 Photography and Compositing

 

Section II: Tutorials

Chapter 6 Prep and Organize Four Projects

Chapter 7 Making a Super Composite

Chapter 8 Blending Fire

Chapter 9 Atmosphere, Grit, and Demolition

Chapter 10 Fantasy Worlds from Everyday Images

 

Section III: Inspiration

Chapter 11 Mastering Elemental Textures

Chapter 12 Put Daddy Down, Please!

Chapter 13 Big Store, Big Scenery

Chapter 14 The Hunt

Chapter 15 Family Portrait Magic

Chapter 16 Epic Fantasy Landscapes

Bret Malley is an educator, professional photographer, author, and Adobe Photoshop expert specializing in imaginative, surreal, epic, and often magic-enhanced image creation. As a professor of Visual Communications he teaches a range of classes including photography, design, and Photoshop. With an MFA in Computer Art from Syracuse University, Bret is a regular guest expert on Photobacks TV and also speaks at national live events as well as teaching online classes (through CreativeLive and Craftsy). When he is not teaching, leading international photography tours, creating personal works, or adventuring around Oregon with his wife and son, Bret squeezes in commercial work across the U.S. See more of Bret’s work at www.BretMalley.com

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