From the course: Creating Photo Composites on Smartphones and Tablets

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Why create composites on a mobile device?

Why create composites on a mobile device?

From the course: Creating Photo Composites on Smartphones and Tablets

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Why create composites on a mobile device?

- Before we get to the specifics of what images work best for compositing, what features to look for in apps and the actual techniques, I want to take a moment to address the elephant in the room and that is a question that I get asked a lot. When you can use a program like Adobe Photoshop that offers so much control and flexibility for creating composite images, why would you even want to use a camera phone or a tablet device for creating composites? Well the simple answer to that is, because you can. I love using Photoshop for creating intricate and detailed composite images. In fact, I've even coauthored a book on that very topic, Photoshop Masking and Compositing. But I also love the fact that I can make composites on my iPhone or iPad, and that I can do this in locations and situations where I don't have access to my desktop or laptop computers. The very first mobile composite that I ever made, was when I was stuck at Chicago's O'Hare Airport for 9 hours due to a canceled flight.…

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