Advanced Photomontage in Photoshop: Create Imaginary Worlds
Foreground Framing 2
A course by Nick Pedersen , Photographer and Digital Artist
About the video: Foreground Framing 2
Overview
“It's time to go into refining selections and finish setting the scene, integrating storytelling elements like footprints that will lead us into the landscape.”
In this video lesson Nick Pedersen addresses the topic: Foreground Framing 2, 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 Let's look at the next cactus image that we want to add to our scene. We'll jump back into Bridge. Here is the next cactus image that I photographed. With this nice sunset lighting hitting the cactus from the side to match the lighting in the scene we're creating. For this, I've already saved an image file using the channel masking technique that we talked about before by copying the Blue channel and making it into a black and white image like this. Then, use that to make a selection and save it as a layer mask. You can see the stencil I used for that. I'll grab our Mov...”
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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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