Adobe Photoshop for Photo Editing and Retouching
Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks: Extraction of characters with channels
By Daniel Arranz Molinero , Professional photographer
Joined March 2017
Joined March 2017
About the video: Extraction of characters with channels
Overview
“In this unit, you will use channels to create very precise selections. In this way you can extract characters from the background and "paste" them in another photograph. You will see how, thanks to the channels, the selections will be so perfect that the extraction of the character will be very simple.”
In this video lesson Daniel Arranz Molinero addresses the topic: Extraction of characters with channels, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks. Learn how to retouch with maximum precision.
Partial transcription of the video
“PHOTOSHOP: LAYERS, CHANNELS, AND MASKS COURSE 4 LESSON 4 Extracting your Characters with Channels Now we’ll use our channels to extract characters from the background. You'll see how, this time, our selections will look almost perfect. We're doing something similar to our previous lesson. We’ll also be using our Brush tool to improve our selection. It’ll be very easy. Let’s do it. This picture was shot using three flashes and a front color filter. That’s why the shadows look cyan, green, and magenta. We’re going to extract Raúl from the background to paste him into this other image we’ve pr...”
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Course summary for: Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks
Daniel Arranz Molinero
By Daniel Arranz Molinero
Daniel Arranz is an Adobe Photoshop (ACE and ACA) Certified Photo Retouching Specialist and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Expert. He is the coordinator of the post-production area at the photographic specialization school La Maquinaria, where he carries out extensive work as a photo editing and retouching teacher.
As a photographer, he is an expert in professional lighting, although his specialty is travel and street photography, and his works have obtained more than 40 awards in international competitions such as the Sony World Photography Awards (UK), IPA Awards (USA), Prix de la Photographie (France), International Loupe Awards (Australia), International Color Awards (USA), among others. He has also obtained national awards in El País, National Geographic Spain, Iberia, Eurostars Madrid Tower, and more.
His work has been exhibited in numerous national and international galleries, including the Somerset House in London.
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