Digital Collage in Photoshop: Composition and Visual Effects
Special Effects
A course by Nick Pedersen , Photographer and Digital Artist
About the video: Special Effects
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach a few different options to create special effects, showing how you can add more depth and finishing touches to bring everything together and complete the entire composition.”
In this video lesson Nick Pedersen addresses the topic: Special Effects, 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
“Special Effects In this lesson I'll talk about many techniques that I use to add special effects to an image. So we'll talk about ideas to create blending modes and overlay effects that go into the image to enhance everything and shape a lot of the image into specific details, like the statue, parts of the birds, and the fish, and just really bring things out and add a lot more detail and visual effects to make your image more interesting and dynamic. Let's see these special effects techniques that I use in my work. This is one of the funniest parts of the process where you can experiment a...”
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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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