Digital Collage in Photoshop: Composition and Visual Effects
What Will We Do in the Course?
A course by Nick Pedersen , Photographer and Digital Artist
About the video: What Will We Do in the Course?
Overview
“In this lesson, I will give an overview of the techniques used throughout the course. From gathering photographic source material, to building up a composition of layers and then using adjustments and special effects, I will go over all the steps you can use to complete your own digital collage project.”
In this video lesson Nick Pedersen addresses the topic: What Will We Do in the Course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Collage in Photoshop: Composition and Visual Effects. Create fantastic worlds with a meaningful message through montage and retouching.
Partial transcription of the video
“What Will We Do in this Course? In this course you'll learn the techniques that I use in Photoshop to create my work. We'll start with ideas for building a concept and figuring out what do you wanna say through your work. And so we'll go into some ideas for pre-planning like keeping a sketchbook, taking notes, and creating a mood board to plan out your concept and pre-visualize your project. After that we'll get into photography and talk about gathering source material for this project, which is my favorite part about the work that I do is actually getting out there and traveling to some re...”
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Course summary for: Digital Collage in Photoshop: Composition and Visual Effects
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Bridge, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Collage, Fine-Art Photography, Photo Retouching, Photographic Composition, Photography, Photomontage

Nick Pedersen
A course by Nick Pedersen
Nick Pedersen is a photo-based digital artist and illustrator whose work primarily focuses on nature and environmental issues. He holds a photography degree and an MFA in Digital Arts from Pratt Institute in New York. His artwork has been featured in galleries across the USA and internationally, including at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Paradigm Gallery, and Arch Enemy Arts.
He has published two artist books featuring his long-term personal projects, Sumeru and Ultima. His award-winning images have allowed him to work on commercial projects for companies like Adobe, Patagonia, and the Nature Conservancy. His work has also been featured in publications like Vogue, Create Magazine, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, Photoshop User, and After Capture.
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