Compositing in Photoshop: the sports spirit

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Photoshop composing tutorial: The spirit of sport

Awaken your sporting spirit and acquire expertise in image composition: In this one-hour-plus Photoshop composing tutorial by Marco Kolditz, you'll crop subjects, create brushes, apply filters and always keep an eye on color look and image mood. That's what creative composing is all about!

Step by step: follow the entire process of creating a compositing in Photoshop
Learn how to crop subjects with different tools and then place them in the composing
Create a more three-dimensional appearance with the help of light and shadow
Create brushes, customize them and use them to create floating threads and a glitter effect
Use filters and layer modes to give your composing the right look and style

Now the ball is in your court: combine several source images into a harmonious composition! Get a sporty composing tutorial to combine even better in Photoshop.

Details

Usable with:
content: 1 h Video training
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use
Bonus: including working material

Examples of use

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Photoshop composing with a basketball player and a horse representing sportsmanship.

Intro to the video tutorial

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What you can expect in this tutorial

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Compositing in Photoshop: the competitive spirit

Photoshop composing tutorial: The sports spirit - prepare 1 basketball player

In this video, trainer Marco Kolditz demonstrates how to remove the background from the player for compositing and how to prepare it for placement in the composing.

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Photoshop composing tutorial: The sports spirit - place and adjust 2 players

In this video you will learn how to place the prepared player in the composing, how to make it more vivid by using light and shadow and how to adjust the color for further work on the picture.

Photoshop composing tutorial: The sports spirit - create and customize 3 brushes

Individual brush tips are required for the further creation of the compositing. In this video, you will learn how to create two customized brushes and adapt them optimally for further use.

Photoshop composing tutorial: The sports spirit - paint and mask 4 threads

In this video, you will learn how to paint ghostly threads with the previously set up brush tips and thus "bring the spirit of sport to life".

Photoshop composing tutorial: The sports spirit - lighten and darken 5 threads

In this video, trainer Marco Kolditz uses light and shadow to make the spirit of sport more vivid - learn about the tools and techniques needed to do this.

Photoshop composing tutorial: The sports spirit - 6 particles to paint and adjust color look

With the help of a previously created particle brush, you can give the sports spirit a glitter effect and you will also learn how to adjust the color look of the compositing.

Photoshop composing tutorial: The sports spirit - 7 final steps

In this video, trainer Marco Kolditz shows you his final steps to round off his composition "Der Sportsgeist".

Details of the content

Photoshop composing tutorial: cropping, using brushes, color looks
While the basketball player's sporting spirit runs wild, you'll learn about techniques and methods of image composition. Take a look over the shoulder of trainer Marco Kolditz in a Photoshop composing tutorial lasting over an hour on cropping, using brushes, applying filters and fine-tuning.

Removing the basketball player from the background

In order to merge image components from different source materials, these components must first be cut out. In this respect, cropping is an essential step in almost every composing process. And every motif brings its own challenges that you can overcome with a wide variety of approaches. Let the tutorial show you how your trainer crops the basketball player, paying attention to even the smallest details.

Placing the subject in compositing and working with light and shadow

Placing is more than just inserting. You should pay attention to highlights and shadows so that your compositing doesn't end up looking like a piece of work. In the tutorial, you will learn what is important when placing image components. You will also use the Dodge and Burn method with the Dodge and Burn tool to add more vibrancy to the sports spirit.

Create and adjust brushes and use them to create eye-catching effects

You create the threads of the animal spirit and the glitter effect from large and small glowing dots entirely yourself. During the tutorial, you will create and customize your own brushes and use them to paint the effects. The course will also teach you how to use filters and layer modes as well as how to fine-tune all components.

What you'll learn in the Photoshop compositing tutorial

Using a practical example, you will completely recreate the creation of a compositing from the source material to the fine-tuned image. The following techniques, which you will need again and again in your composing work, are covered in detail:

Cropping: How to crop the basketball player from the background using Photoshop tools
Create brushes: Create your own brush tips to paint threads and create glitter effects
Light and shadow: Create a more three-dimensional appearance
Filters, look, fine-tuning: Use filters and layer modes to create a harmonious atmosphere

The images used in the training are available for free on Pixabay. A readme file with links to the images is included so that you can follow the instructions yourself.