In today’s Workbench, we have an ambitious goal — to create an edgy composite from start to finish. We’ll be using two photos submitted by Phil Frigon. The first is a grungy warehouse background captured with a 16mm lens and the second is a photo of his grandsons captured in a studio with a 24mm lens. The process of extraction will move along quickly thanks to the manner in which Phil captured his grandsons. First, he photographed them in front of a white unlit background that appears as light grey. This is the ideal backdrop for extraction. Second, Phil used rim light to help separate the subjects from the background. Our goal is to bring these two images together into one cohesive, edgy composite. Since this process can take awhile, I may move along a bit more quickly than usual.
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Excellent workbench – especially appreciate your methods of extraction & dealing with jpeg issues.
Thanks
Mark, this is an awesome tutorial. Thank you for taking the time to explain many cool details of composite editing. I learn so much.
Wow. Thanks for this great tutorial. Would love to have you do one just like this but with HDR toning background.
Hi, Mark – great tutorial on better edges. I hope you keep it on your site for a long time – I’ll have to watch it 5 or 6 times over time for it to sink in. I’d like to see a tutorial on advanced flyaway hair selection using a fairly solid
background for clearest illustrative effect. Thanx so much – Ned
[...] and Beth has already been selected. To learn about the selection-making process, take a peek at Photoshop Workbench 311: Edgy Photo Composite from Start to Finish. It’s also worth noting that in the coming months I’ll be releasing a compositing video [...]
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FABULOUS TUTORIAL OF A VERY DIFFICULT BUT REAL LIFE SITUATION. DO YOU HAVE CS5 PHOTOSHOP COMPANION BOOK?