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SixShades
Joined: 02 Feb 2009
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Location: Utah
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 Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject: Photoshop Image composition |
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 Hey guys,
I was just wondering about the compositing several images together to create a real effect. For example, you take several different photos and place them neatly on another photo. You know without any blending technics you can clearly tell it was a cut and paste. What is the technique to blend the images together so it looks as if it were shot all together? Magazines and advertisements do this a lot when dealing with special effects.
Get back to me @ SixShades@rock.com. This is an important question!! 
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combiBob
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It really helps when the client, or photographer has an actual plan and supplies you with shots that fit together. (Same time, same place, different people kinda thing.)
If the light or focus is just slightly different, your eye will pick it up. We've all seen those composites where NONE of that was thought out. Even a little silhouette with the shadow going in the wrong direction is bizarre looking. |
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SixShades
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject: Ok |
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So it's basically just the same time and same lighting to make the picture look real? Okay, just wondering. But how do those guys exchange different heads from one another? Same procedure, or is their some kind of trick with adjusting and trying to match the color?
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combiBob
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Sure. There's all kinds of "tricks" involved with making people and objects look natural in unnatural settings. Most of them involve shadowing and sharpness, or lack of it. (Like a sharp head on blurry body looking weird)
I guess my point is that you can have all the skill in the world and not be able to make some things look natural. When everybody is "on the same page" from the beginning of a project, it's much easier for all the pieces to fall together at the end. |
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Sublimity
Joined: 07 Feb 2009
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Location: Canada
PS Version: Master Collection CS3/CS4
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:43 am Post subject: |
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You can attempt to fake the merged composite image in Photoshop by using the match colors command. For magazine covers, it is usually consisted of studio shots done on a high contrast background so that masking would be a breeze. It is like how the weatherman on TV is actually shot on a green-screen and then keyed to appear on a background of the climate map. |
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