Recent Composite Articles
Can You Recreate Hollywood’s Movie Scenes Using Toys?
Watching Back To The Future as a kid, I always wanted to recreate the flame line scene after the DeLorean hits 88 mph. In my photography career, I have yet to come across one that works and has a Mr. Fusion. YouTuber Sirdork has beaten me to the punch by using toys.
Playing with Hot Wheels, I always remember staring deep into the vehicle to look at the smallest details. At an older age, I look back and wonder why someone would ever spend that much time making a steering wheel look so real, especially something that would likely fall victim to a child wielding a hammer...
The Perfect Canvas: We Review the Huion Kamvas Pro 13 2.5K
Designed for professional artists, graphic designers, and digital creators, the Huion Kamvas Pro 13 2.5K is a digital drawing pen display with some impressive features, and exceptional performance and all at a very affordable price. Whether you are one of the aforementioned or simply trying to streamline and find a pen display that has a whole host of features to suit your budget, this might just be the one for you.
Photoshop's Generative Fill: This Will Change Everything
How to Photograph Small Rooms on a Yacht
In this video tutorial, I'm going to show you how I photographed the bedrooms on a $12 million yacht. Although the rooms are large for a boat, they are very small compared to your average bedroom.
AI Will Mean the End of Digital Photography
Artificial intelligence is coming for photographers, just not in the way you're thinking.
Combining CGI With Photography For Creative Backgrounds
CGI is usually associated with movies, but it has its place in photography too. In fact, you create elaborate and creative backgrounds for your shoots using CGI software.
Photoshop Compositing: Supercharge Your Images
Compositing in Photoshop comes in many forms, from product and portrait enhancement to fantasy-style images. Every digital artist will have their own workflow, as there are many different ways to get the final results.
We Review The Infinite Texture Plugin: With 70,000 Images Files, You Can't Go Wrong
As a digital artist, being able to easily get your hands on overlays and effects for your images can sometimes be a costly experience and, at times, not provide you with enough scope of selections for your edits. One of the plugins I have in my collection is Infinite Texture, which provides a whole host of editing possibilities, from simple sky replacement to more complex edits.
Finally, an Amazingly Fast, Simple Way to Create Realistic Shadows in Photoshop
If you want to learn how to quickly create realistic-looking shadows for your subjects in Photoshop, you need to check this out.
How to Make Your Own Custom Brushes in Photoshop
Do you know how to make your own brushes in Photoshop? When you see how see easy it is, it will change your approach to editing forever.
Think Outside the Box With Luminar Neo
Now in its seventh year and incarnation as Luminar Neo, Skylum's editing software can fit the needs of some photographers as a standalone app or as a plugin for Photoshop and Lightroom. But what if you want to push the limits of your creativity with it? That's when you have to think outside of the box.
We Review Oniric Glow, a Digital Artist's Dream Plugin
There are many ways to create a glow effect in Photoshop using layers and blending modes. What if you could do it in a fraction of the time and get even better results? Would you be interested?
Learn How to Make a Blender Scene in 60 Seconds
Skip the hour-long tutorials and get results by having a half decent grasp of Blender already.
Are Photos Supposed to Show Reality?
In this video, MIT Associate Professor Ramesh Raskar says that photo-realism is dead. They're discussing machine learning and technologies working to give us evenly exposed night-time images on our mobile phones. If these technologies are not available in professional cameras today, will they ever be, and would you want them as a professional photographer?
Optics Allows Photographers to Add Particle-Based Effects to Their Photography
As the artificial intelligence race intensifies among photography software companies, Boris FX is filling a completely different niche with their editing software Optics. With their latest release, Optics users now have access to their powerful Particle Illusion generator, which can create thousands of useful emitters like explosions, smoke, fire, and other particle effects. Today, we take a look at the new Optics 2022 release which is available as a plugin for both Photoshop and Lightroom, as well as a standalone application.
Turning Day to Night in Adobe Photoshop
Whether you couldn't shoot at the time you wanted or you just want to experiment with composites and heavier editing, this video will show you how to make a complete transformation.
How to Create a Realistic Coin in Adobe Photoshop
With many countries still experiencing different degrees of restrictions, arranging photoshoots can be difficult. If you want to keep learning, Photoshop techniques are a decent substitute.
How to Recreate the Electro Effect From Spider-Man: No Way Home
What can be achieved in post-production is astounding these days, but more surprising of all is just how much can be achieved without a career in Hollywood. In this video, learn how to create some incredible effects.
How to Convert Low-Res Logos to Sharp, High-Res Images
Have you ever needed to use a logo or image that just isn't high enough resolution or doesn't have clean enough edges to use? Here's how to quickly and easily convert a low-resolution image to a more useable high-resolution image in Photoshop.
Behind the Scenes: Creation of a Medieval Battle Scene Composite in Adobe Photoshop
If you can learn how to create high-end composite images, you are only limited by your own imagination. In this video, watch an incredible medieval battle scene created from start to finish in Adobe Photoshop.
The Art of Digital Imaging
Do you consider this an art form separate from photography, or do you consider this an extension of photography?
The Reality Bending Tool in Adobe Photoshop That Gets Overlooked
Adobe Photoshop has had so many features added in the last few years that it's easy to miss some that could be helpful to your work. The Puppet Warp tool is one that I regularly forget exists, but for compositing and more artistic post-production, it can be superb.
9 Steps to Editing Fine Art Black and White Photography in Photoshop CC
Follow along with this tutorial to discover how to transform lifeless color photographs into black and white fine art photos in just nine simple steps with Photoshop CC.
A Quick and Easy Way to Turn Day Into Night in Adobe Photoshop
Making drastic changes to an image used to take a lot of know-how and time to complete. Now, with the use of LUTs and this tutorial, you can turn a daytime image into a nighttime image quickly and simply, with great effect.
How to Master Sky Replacement With Photoshop CC
Replaces skies in minutes with Photoshop CC's replace sky feature and these useful tips to get perfect results every time.
10 Steps to Incredible Landsape Composites in Photoshop CC
Capturing a great landscape photograph is extremely rewarding because a lot of things have to come together in order to nail it. But sometimes no matter how hard you try there's just a little something missing. In this walkthrough, I'll show you how to enhance your landscape images with a composite in Photoshop CC.
How to Get 55 Free Skies From Photoshop’s Latest Update
Adobe has been ramping up its AI features in the last couple of years, including its sky replacement functions. With the latest update to Photoshop, Adobe offers you 55 free skies to download. Here's how to get them.
Combining Creativity and Lighting in Commercial Product Photography
If you’d like to improve your knowledge and skills in product photography, then check out this video tutorial from Karl Taylor. There’s a great breakdown of the lighting and the reasons for the decisions he made during the shoot.
AI Is Everywhere in Photography. Should We Just Learn To Love It?
The floodgates for artificial intelligence’s interference (or improvements, depending on your point of view) in digital photography have opened up since Apple and Google made it mainstream, with advancements such as Portrait Mode and Night Sight. Adobe took it another direction when it added an A.I.-powered “enhance” feature that enabled the enlarging of photos beyond what’s naturally possible. But is this making photography less real than it should be?
Seven Reasons Why Your Composites Aren't as Good as They Could Be
In this video tutorial, watch as Abbey Esparza shows you seven reasons why your composites may need work in Photoshop. If you feel like something is holding you back composite-wise, this video is for you.
Create a City Glow With the Oniric Plugin
Oniric, from Composite Nation, is a plugin I've been looking for for a long while. Last year I caught an advert for it on Instagram and I haven't looked back since.
How To Create Undead Zombie Skin in Photoshop
In this video tutorial, watch as Dean Samed shows you how to create undead zombie skin in Photoshop. If you like creepy images, check this out.
Five Tips for Mastering the Pen Tool in Photoshop
In this video tutorial, watch as Dean Samed shows you his top five tips on how to use the pen tool in Photoshop. It is the sharpest and most precise way to cut out anything.
Photo Manipulators Guide to Mood Boards
In this video tutorial, watch as Dean Samed talks you through the photo manipulator's guide to mood boards in Photoshop.
Learn the Ultimate Rim Light Hack and Dig Through the Layers in This Photoshop Composite
In this video tutorial, watch as I take you through a layer breakdown of my Motorbike Rockstar image and also an amazingly easy rim light hack.
How to Create a Simple Composite in Photoshop
In this video tutorial, watch as I show you how to create a commercial composite portrait in Photoshop. This is a full tutorial showing the process from beginning to end in real-time.
How This Cyberpunk Artwork Was Created in Photoshop
In this Photoshop breakdown, watch as Dean Samed walks you through his process and layers, to show you how he created this synthetic lifeform art.
How To Cut Out Figures in Photoshop
In this video tutorial, watch as Dean Samed shows you how to cut-out figures for composite in Photoshop. This is Samed's preferred method which he says gives the sharpest results.
How To Create Snow in Photoshop
In this video tutorial, watch as Redouane Naouri shows you how to create snow in Photoshop. There are many ways to do this, but this technique is one I have not seen before.
Photo Manipulator's Guide To Adobe Stock
In this video tutorial, watch as Dean Samed gives you the low down on all things stock image related. The video is from the perspective of a photo manipulator.
See Each and Every Layer It Takes To Create a Large Composite in Photoshop
In this Photoshop layer breakdown, watch as I talk you through all the various Photoshop layers that it took to create this huge composite.
How to Use Blend if for Advanced Blending in Photoshop
In this video tutorial, watch as Abbey Esparza shows you how to use advanced blending with Blend if in Photoshop.
Use Photoshop's Select and Mask To Extract Hair in Seconds
In this video tutorial, watch as Abbey Esparza shows you the best ways to use select and mask in Photoshop. Using select and mask can be tricky, to select hair, but this tutorial will show you how to do it in seconds.
How to Create a Glitch Art Effect in Photoshop
In this video tutorial, watch as I show you how to create a cool glitch effect in under five minutes in Photoshop.
How To Turn Skin Pale and Hair Gray in Photoshop
In this video tutorial watch as I show you how to turn skin pale and hair gray in Photoshop. I have used these two techniques on many images now, and this way is far more adaptable than simply using a desaturate filter.
How To Create Supernatural Eyes in Photoshop
In this video tutorial watch as Abbey Esparza shows you how to create supernatural eyes in Photoshop. This is a great tutorial for anyone who wants to create creepy conceptual images.
Tips and Mistakes to Avoid When Creating Shadows in Photoshop
In this video tutorial, watch as Dean Samed shows you how to create shadows in Photoshop by showing you three tips and mistakes to avoid.
How To Create a Doll Effect in Photoshop
In this video tutorial, watch as Abbey Esparza shows you how to create a doll eye effect in Photoshop and why you need to use them. This is a great tutorial for anyone who works within the fantasy genre.
How To Create This Cyberpunk Noir Image in Photoshop
In this video walkthrough, watch as I show you all the steps it took to create this black and white cyber noir composite in Photoshop. This is a full walkthrough showing my process from beginning to end.