Compositing a Product Image in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we'll learn how to create a highly detailed creative image composite in Photoshop. Software required: Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud.
What you'll learn
In this tutorial, we'll learn how to create a highly detailed creative image composite in Photoshop. We'll go step by step the entire way through the build process while extracting and combining assets into a photo-realistic surreal scene. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to seamlessly apply this workflow to your own creative image compositing projects. Software required: Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud.
Table of contents
- Extracting Primary Assets 12m
- Scene Setup and Composition 9m
- Refine Edges and Asset's Form 7m
- Adding Roots to Earth Element 10m
- Creating the Scene's Background 9m
- Selective Color Adjustments and Toning on Grass Patch 9m
- Retouching Clean up and Prepping for Color Adjustments 9m
- Selective Toning and Color Correction on Shoe 12m
- Adding Volumetric Elements 6m
- Finalizing Atmospheric Elements 9m
- Applying Motion Streaks 10m
- Sculpting Light with the Dodge and Burn Tools 14m
- Integrating the Shoe 6m
- Implementing Contact Shadow 9m
- Finishing Filters and Adjustments 6m
About the author
Hailing from southeast Michigan, Josh moved to Santa Barbara, California at age 19 to attend the Brooks Institute of Photography, where he studied a commercial & advertising concentration. Throughout the course of his formal education, Josh heavily sought real world experience through assisting a handful of pre-eminent fashion, celebrity, and commercial photographers in Los Angeles. He frequently organized crews of like-minded artists to collaborate on fashion editorial projects with many of Lo... more