Adobe Photoshop for Photo Editing and Retouching
Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks: Match color
By Daniel Arranz Molinero , Professional photographer
Joined March 2017
About the video: Match color
Overview
“When placing a subject on a different background, we must try to make the color of the subject and the background have a similar dominant. In this unit you will learn an excellent technique to match the color of the character with the background of the image.”
In this video lesson Daniel Arranz Molinero addresses the topic: Match color, 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 5 Match Color When getting a subject on a new background, making your colors match is key so they’ll keep a similar color cast. I'll show you a great technique to achieve that. Let’s keep working on our previous example. Let’s match Raul's color to the background color so you can’t tell we've pasted our model on a different background. We need to load a selection matching Raul's outline perfectly. There’s a couple of transparent areas in the Background Copy layer and some opaque parts too matching Raul's silhouette. If we Command + clic...”
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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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