Composing & image editing with Photoshop Elements

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Image editing with Photoshop Elements: Composing "The Wanderer"

Embark on an instructive Photoshop Elements path with the composition "The Wanderer". Gabor Richter guides you from the shoot to raw development and all the stages of image editing: light, shadows, cropping, creating an image look, working in fog. The source image is included so that you can practically follow every step up to the pinnacle of the art of image editing. You can apply what you have learned to your own image ideas.

Over 2.5 hours of Photoshop Elements video tutorial, including working files
Get to know professional image editing methods with Photoshop Elements
Complete workflow, from the image idea to the effective finish
Apply your new skills in Photoshop Elements directly to your own composings
From Gabor Richter, who will guide you safely and with experience to your destination on all paths

Get on your feet and let a professional guide you through rough terrain! How to avoid every stumbling block in your Photoshop Elements workflow.

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Usable with:
content: 3 h Video training
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use
Bonus: including working material

Composing workflow in Photoshop Elements

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 1 | The image idea

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 01 | The image idea

In this video, Gabor discusses the topic of image ideas. He explains how he came up with his image idea and what approach he uses to convey an image idea to his model and his team.

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Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 2 | The light setup

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 02 | The light setup

Lighting setups should be customized for image montages so that the basic material later fits perfectly into the new scene. In this video, Gabor explains how he set up his photo set and how he uses the different light sources.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 3 | Props

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 03 | Props

Even the smallest of features can make a huge difference to a motif. In this video, Gabor shows which materials he has worked with and how he uses them.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 4 | Raw development

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 04 | Raw development

The cornerstone of a good portrait, before it is edited in Photoshop, is raw development in PS Elements. Here Gabor explains which controls are important for this motif.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 5 | Deform person

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 05 | Deform person

The hiker already has a muscular body. But in this video, Gabor shows you how you can make your physique even stronger and how you can shape a few areas to your advantage.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 6 | Determine image section

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 06 | Determine image section

The crop, as it was created during photography, doesn't always have to be the best - as in this video, in which Gabor explains what you should pay attention to with this motif and how you can correct this.

Editing images with Photoshop Elements: 7 | Piecing missing pixels

Editing images with Photoshop Elements: 07 | Add missing pixels

Changing the image section can result in pixels being lost or areas where no pixel information is available. Gabor shows you how to fix this problem in this video.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 8 | Selection for cropping

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 08 | Selection for cropping

In this video, Gabor shows how he uses the quick selection tool to select a person. Some points are important and crucial for the process to actually work.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 9 | Improve selection

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 09 | Improve selection

After the quick selection, it's straight on to one of the first corrections to the selection. This video shows you how to improve the contours in just a few simple steps.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 10 | Fine-tuning the mask

Having already made selections and corrections for the mask, the next step was to improve the mask in detail. In this video, you can see which tools Gabor uses and how he goes about it.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 11 | Painting with light: skin areas

In this video, Gabor shows you how he works on a dodge-and-burn plane to reshape the skin areas. This process also creates a subtle plastic look.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 12 | Painting with light: Clothing

In this part, Gabor shows how he uses Dodge and Burn to change and reshape the areas of the clothing. As an additional function, the clothes can be made even dirtier.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 13 | Positioning a new background

This is where the really big journey of image editing begins. Here, not only is a new background inserted, but a completely new background is created.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 14 | Darken background

In this part, Gabor shows how he can change the mood of the background in just a few steps. He also introduces a fine and subtle foggy atmosphere here.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 15 | Blur background

There are many ways to add depth to a montage. In this video, Gabor shows how he uses blurring to add depth to the image.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 16 | Light sources

In this video, Gabor shows how he artificially adds a non-existent light in Photoshop Elements. This approach is particularly advantageous because the lights can be controlled and moved very selectively.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 17 | Brightness adjustments Person

The person does not always immediately match the brightness of a new motif. However, these can be controlled wonderfully by simply brightening or even darkening certain areas.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 18 | Color adjustments Person

To ensure that the hiker actually fits more harmoniously into the scene, Gabor will adjust the colors better. The background color plays a major role in this, as do the individual colors of the clothing.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 19 | Painting highlights

In this video, Gabor will introduce additional highlights into the motif. In just a few steps, he will explain how easily and quickly you can add non-existent highlights.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 20 | Overexposure

By overlighting the person, Gabor will create a fusion with the light from the background. This makes the motif more realistic and gives it a more intense effect.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 21 | Nebelschweif

To create a foggy atmosphere, Gabor will add a soft atmosphere to the ground on which the hiker is standing. The fog can be individually determined and shaped.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 22 | Dirt on clothes

In this video, Gabor will overlay the clothing with texture. This will have the advantage of making the clothing look even dirtier and rougher.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 23 | Image look

The image look is determined in this step. In this video, Gabor shows how to bring a color into play as an image look as required and how these can be adjusted.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 24 | Nik-Filter

Gabor will use a free filter to fine-tune the motif. This filter will help to add a fine sharpness and high contrasts afterwards.

Image editing with Photoshop Elements: 25 | Stylish font

Gabor always likes to use a font in his motifs for the finishing touches. Like here, where he adds a little story to the motif with a font.

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For your ascent to the Photoshop Elements image editing summit!
If you set out on a hike, you'll reach your destination faster and more safely with the right equipment and tools. The same applies to image editing! Don't try out the tools and possibilities of Photoshop Elements tentatively, but get advice and instruction from an experienced digital artist! Which tools are suitable for lighting design? What measures lead to a perfectly cropped image area? What needs to be considered when transforming a photo into an atmospheric and convincing composition?
With this video tutorial, you will follow a 25-lesson learning path and get to know basic and specific methods of image editing in over 2.5 hours. The perfect footwear for your future travels with Photoshop Elements! Included in the luggage: Working files that you can use to follow along immediately!

Composing in Elements: The stages of your image editing journey

At the beginning of your trip, your trainer will prepare you for the excursion - how do you create an image idea, how do you implement it with other people involved and what equipment will help you to realize an idea like that of the hiker? After the initial development of the photo using raw processing , you deform the model's stature to bring even more power and expression into the picture. It is then crucial to choose a convincing image section - because not everything that was captured in the shoot is actually suitable for the subject in the end. Good preparation is therefore half the battle, making the rest all the easier.

Cropping in Photoshop Elements and adding a new background

In several stages, Gabor shows you how to crop a person - not only efficiently with the quick selection, but also with great precision and detail! You will make corrections, improve the contours and sand the edges until the final mask is perfect! A cropped foreground then naturally invites you to create a new background . With the right brightness and a little blurring, you can generate a depth that gives your image the impression of three-dimensionality.

Lighting on all levels & image look

Once the image elements have been positioned, it's time to set the lighting - on all levels! Dodge and burn is used to refine skin and clothing, colors and brightness are coordinated, grazing light provides additional effects, additional light sources give the overall motif even more luminosity and a merging whole is created by overlighting. To finish off and enhance the detail, add clouds of fog, dirty the model with dirt, apply a picture look and the Nik filter and let the picture tell a little story with suitable lettering.

This is what you'll learn in the Photoshop Elements image editing tutorial

With the Photoshop Elements tutorial, you will deepen your knowledge of Photoshop Elements and learn professional image editing methods . Using a concrete example, you will learn how to fully implement an image idea - a workflow that gives you numerous hints, tips and tricks for realizing your own projects. You can also reproduce all the content one-to-one using the working materials provided ! You can then either apply the skills you have acquired to your pictures in full or pick out individual methods.