Advanced Photomontage in Photoshop: Create Imaginary Worlds
Foreground Framing 1
A course by Nick Pedersen , Photographer and Digital Artist
About the video: Foreground Framing 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will focus on compositional ideas of filling the frame with foreground elements to add interesting depth and details. I will show you more advanced selection techniques like channel masking that I use for complex imagery.”
In this video lesson Nick Pedersen addresses the topic: Foreground Framing 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Advanced Photomontage in Photoshop: Create Imaginary Worlds. Learn how to create a digital collage by designing an atmospheric scene using advanced editing techniques with great accuracy and attention to detail.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Foreground Framing In this lesson, we will focus on adding some interesting foreground elements like cactuses and desert plants to fill the frame and to draw our eye into the scene by adding these interesting foreground elements. I'll show you some advanced selection techniques to show how I deal with difficult selections like cactuses, plants, and things like this. Then, I'll show you how to refine the selection and create overall adjustments to integrate these elements into the scene. Let's take a look. If you look at our compositional grid here, you can see that we've added some major ...”
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Course summary for: Advanced Photomontage in Photoshop: Create Imaginary Worlds
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Matte Painting, Photographic Composition, Photography Post-production, 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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