Digital image editing for airbrush artists

Brief summary of the contents of the following lessons.

What is image editing software and what options are available to the artist?

Which Photoshop versions are suitable? From Photoshop CS6 to CC to Photoshop Elements.

System requirements Mac and PC.

What hardware can be used for digital image processing and digital painting?

What is the difference between a graphics tablet and a pen display?

Important basic information for Photoshop as a basic requirement for realizing your own motifs.

No more clogged mailboxes - I'll show you the options for saving your designs.

Good image templates are important for the professional realization of a realistic work of art. I will show you how to buy motifs from a picture agency.

Other options for getting your motifs into the computer.

Have you taken a photo of your artwork? I'll show you how to get even more out of your photo with simple means and how to optimize it!

The most important tools for quickly cutting out objects - the basics of cropping!

Cropping portraits - I'll show you a way to remove hair from the background.

Skull plus flames equals flaming skull. I'll show you how to make a photographed skull burst into flames.

Would you like to see what other details you can see in your image to transform this image information into your artwork? This is possible with primitive tools!

Turn your color photo into a grayscale black and white motif.

Is your customer getting a vehicle painting or is your motif to be implemented on unusual surfaces? Try it out beforehand so that you know how it will look!

Do you need an outline sketch? Here I show you ways to create outlines.

First exercises for digital painting!

Here we go! The Space Landscape motif is created. In this step, the background and the silhouette are created.

Add the first shades.

Add even more details and structures to the space silhouette. Simple tricks to add quick textures.

Integrate a foreground with photo templates.

Cloud photos enable a quick background mood. The layer mode of Photoshop.

Photo textures give your digital building more detail.

Would you like to print out your motif or reproduce it using a printing process? I'll show you the basics!

Output the painting template as a poster print to use it for transferring contour drawings to your painting surface.

A complex painting template is created. Clipping tools, color corrections, effects at a glance.