Compositing Surreal Photos in Photoshop - Part 1

This course demonstrates how to create surrealist urban and nature landscapes in Photoshop by combining stock images. It covers masking, perspective transforms, color matching and grading, lighting, texture, and related photo-manipulation techniques.

Syllabus

Start
Introduction
Top secret Photoshop banana
Today’s theme
Masking and moving
Polygonal lasso tool
Smart Objects
Overscroll
Perspective transform
Creating a shadow
Erase with brush hotkey
Removing an object
Adjusting contrast
Removing the halo from a selection
Selective color
Camera Raw adjustments
Adding a lens flare
Creating a chain brush
Dodge and burn for lighting
Creating the bridge
Adding texture
Clone Stamp tool
Painting in clouds
Compositing in a face
Compositing in a mountain