Digital Collage in Photoshop: Composition and Visual Effects
Composition
A course by Nick Pedersen , Photographer and Digital Artist
About the video: Composition
Overview
“Now, I will introduce ideas for composition that I use in my work, including the rule of thirds and the golden ratio. I’ll show how I use these techniques to arrange all of the elements in a scene and make a digital collage more visually interesting and dynamic. Then I will go into how to create a layout and start visualizing a project.”
In this video lesson Nick Pedersen addresses the topic: Composition, 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
“In this lesson, we'll talk about some ideas for composition that I use in my work. and figure out how to arrange everything in a digital composition to make it more visually interesting and dynamic. So I'll go into some topics for composition, like the rule of thirds and the golden ratio. which is a technique that was used a lot in fine art theory And really interestingly applies to a lot of things in nature. Like you can see this in leaves and ferns and seashells and other things. So it's just like really incredible compositional mathematical thing that occurs in nature that I find very in...”
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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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