Lynda.com – Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Hair

Intermediate | 3h 06m | 875 MB | Project Files 434 MB | Required Software: Adobe Photoshop

In this installment of his popular Masking & Compositing series, Photoshop guru Deke McClelland shows how to select hair?down to the individual strands?and composite portraits against new backgrounds. The course covers how to mask out hair, paint in detail, blend hair, merge channels, and match light sources. Deke also explores special techniques for working with both dark and light hair, as well as extracting hair from complex backgrounds. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:
* Understanding the Calculations command
* Calculating masks with the Subtract and Add modes
* Enhancing a mask with Apply Image
* Creating a traditional blue screen mask
* Masking dark hair against a busy background
* Painting in missing hairs with a Wacom tablet
* Masking blonde hair and flames
* Performing selective edits with Dodge and Burn
* Masking a difficult image in multiple passes

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Lynda.com – Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Advanced Blending[/center]
Intermediate | 4h 03m | 1.10 GB | Project Files 555 MB | Required Software: Photoshop

Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Advanced Blending is the second installment in Deke McClelland’s series on making photorealistic compositions in Photoshop. The course explores blending options and shows how to use them to create sophisticated effects and seamless compositions, often without masking. Beginning with the basics of blending layered images, the course sheds light on the formulas behind the Photoshop blend modes and shows how to comp scanned line art, create double-exposure effects, correct skin tones, and work with the luminance sliders. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:
* Assembling dynamic Dissolve effects
* Filling and stroking with Behind and Clear
* Cleaning up and compositing scanned line art
* Understanding the darken, lighten, and contrast modes
* Refining a mask with Multiply and Screen
* Creating a glowing, soft-focus effect
* Blending images with textures
* Comparing two seemingly identical images
* Creating type that inverts everything behind it
* Colorizing artwork with layers
* Achieving greater control with the Blend If option

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Lynda.com – Photo Restoration with Photoshop[/center]
Intermediate | 3h 54m | 800 MB | Project Files 465 MB | Required Software: Adobe Photoshop

In this course, professional photo restorer Janine Smith describes how to use Photoshop to restore, retouch, and enhance old or damaged photos. It covers evaluating scanned images for imperfections, using the Clone Stamp tool and other Photoshop tools, and addressing common problems and their fixes, starting with the basics (fading, spots, and paper texture) and continuing with more complex challenges (rips, adhesive tape, ink marks, mold, and more). Also included are methods for fixing exposure problems and colorcast as well as advanced techniques in photo restoration, such as replacing backgrounds and recreating missing facial features and body parts. The course includes a project that takes an image from damaged start to restored finish. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:
* Assessing the damage
* Rebuilding color channels in a grayscale image
* Removing small splits, specks, and spots
* Repairing red eye
* Reassembling torn photos
* Removing stains
* Fixing mold damage
* Understanding the basics of levels and curves
* Correcting color problems
* Repairing and recreating backgrounds
* Sharpening a photo
* Comparing before and after images

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