…For creating the eclipse composite featured in this course,…you now need to separate the moons from the background.…Although using the lightened blend mode trick to integrate the moon sequence into…a landscape image might work in some situations.…Taking the time to actually separate the moons from the background will allow you…the maximum amount of flexibility in terms of how and…where you position the moon sequence within the composit background.…So what we're going to do is use the Elliptical Marquee tool here to…create a selection around the different moons, and,…I'm going to show you this using a few examples in a couple of different files.…
But we're not going to go through all the moons in each image,…because essentially it's just repeating the same process over and over again.…There are a few things you have to be careful of,…and you have to pay attention to what's going on in the layers panel.…But essentially, once you have the basic steps down,…it's just repeating it on each layer.…So what I'm going to do is zoom up close to 100%.…
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8/29/2014That's what photographer and educator Seán Duggan did, and in this course, he deconstructs his photographic steps and post-processing procedures.
The course begins with advice on how to plan and photograph the eclipse, with the right gear, the right focusing techniques, and the right exposure. Next, Seán evaluates the images in Lightroom, and then dives into Photoshop and shows how to composite each image into a finished photo. Along the way, he explores blend modes, layer masking, and other compositing techniques.
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 3s
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1. Planning and Preparation
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Other essential equipment4m 21s
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Choosing a location6m 1s
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2. On Location: Shooting the Eclipse
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3. Processing the Moon Shots
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4. Processing the Foreground Landscape Image
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Adding a new sky5m 58s
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Perfecting the sky mask9m 46s
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5. Adding the Moon Sequence to the Landscape
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Modifying the moon sequence6m 56s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 21s
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