In this video, photographer Sean Duggan shows how to refine multiple layer masks in a series of images to create the sports action sequence
- [Voiceover] All right, well now it's time to deal…with some of the problems that we have here.…Now once again, depending on how you do your shots,…you may find that in your first try at this,…it comes together perfectly,…you don't have to worry about any of this misaligned…background stuff like I have happening here.…But perhaps it's good that I did run into that…because that allows me the opportunity to show you…how to deal with it and that's why we're all here.…All right, so first let me show you a cool trick…when working with layers.…
Sometimes it may be hard to determine what layer…is what, especially if you have a lot more layers than this.…But here's a great trick.…If you have the Move tool active, you can just right click…on a layer and a little contextual menu will appear…that will show you the names of the layers…that appear at the point where you clicked.…So there are two layers here and if I just…highlight that one, it makes that layer active…in the Layers panel, so it's a really useful trick…when you're working in multi-layer documents.…
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3/23/2016By combining your camera's burst mode with Photoshop, you can create a composite that shows an athlete in action. In this course, photographer and educator Seán Duggan shows how. After mapping out a plan for lighting, composition, and more, he photographs the subjects. Then, the action turns to Photoshop, where he assembles the composite using layer masks and some careful retouching.
- Planning the composite
- Choosing a camera, exposure, and lighting
- Choosing the sequence images
- Aligning layers
- Using layer masks
- Retouching
- Masking images together
- Cleaning up the background
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Video: Refining the layer masks to build the sequence