Photograph Retouching and Visual Effects with Photoshop
Trimming our character
A course by Mario Olvera , Photographer, Digital Artist, and Visual Effects Specialist
Joined November 2016
About the video: Trimming our character
Overview
“It's time to isolate our character from the original background with the help of the pen tool. We will put it in position and add some guides to know where our horizon is, which will help us to correct the perspective of the fund. ”
In this video lesson Mario Olvera addresses the topic: Trimming our character, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photograph Retouching and Visual Effects with Photoshop. Learn to create hyperrealistic photomontages full of action and movement.
Partial transcription of the video
“CUTTING OUR CHARACTER Now we are going to cut out our character and I'm going to put a little guide so we know at what height I took the picture. That will help us to fix the perspective of our scenario and that there is congruence between the character's perspective and the perspective of the stage. Since we have our sketch, the next step will be to make the mask of our character. Let's open our character and since the file is RAW, it will allow us to have much more detail. What I did here to reveal just raised the shadows a little, that this will allow me to rescue details from here. Sinc...”
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Course summary for: Photograph Retouching and Visual Effects with Photoshop
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Photography, Fine-Art Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography, Photography Post-production, Photomontage

Mario Olvera
A course by Mario Olvera
There is nothing that makes Mario Olvera feel more at home than photo retouching. With immense dedication to his personal projects and nearly a decade of experience working for clients such as Tecate, Neutrogena, and Banorte, he has become a true expert in photo compositing, garnering attention from big names like Adobe. The software giant featured his work on its website's home page, making him the first Latin American artist to meet this milestone.
Olvera draws inspiration from science fiction, video games, and fantasy films to create hyperrealistic photomontages characterized by vivid color and meticulously crafted detail.
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