Advanced Photoshop Blending, Masking, and Compositing with Deke McClelland
Release date:2011, November 28
Duration:04 h 03 m
Author:Deke McClelland
Skill level:Intermediate
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Advanced Blending is the second installment in Deke McClelland’s series on making photorealistic compositions in Photoshop. The course explores blending options and shows how to use them to create sophisticated effects and seamless compositions, often without masking. Beginning with the basics of blending layered images, the course sheds light on the formulas behind the Photoshop blend modes and shows how to comp scanned line art, create double-exposure effects, correct skin tones, and work with the luminance sliders.
Topics include:
Assembling dynamic Dissolve effects
Filling and stroking with Behind and Clear
Cleaning up and compositing scanned line art
Understanding the darken, lighten, and contrast modes
Refining a mask with Multiply and Screen
Creating a glowing, soft-focus effect
Blending images with textures
Comparing two seemingly identical images
Creating type that inverts everything behind it
Colorizing artwork with layers
Achieving greater control with the Blend If option
00 Introduction
01 – Welcome
01 The Power of Blending
02 – When in doubt, blend
03 – Where to find blending options
04 – 27 blend modes, 6 groups
05 – Opacity vs. Fill Opacity
06 – The Fill Opacity Eight
07 – Blending adjustment layers
08 – Blend mode shortcuts
02 The Revelation of Blending Math
09 – The power of standardized arithmetic
10 – Photoshops blending formulas
11 – Darken formulas vs. lighten formulas
12 – Contrast mode formulas
13 – Inversion, cancelation, and HSL
03 The Normal Modes
14 – Normal mode vs. Dissolve mode
15 – Making a dynamic Dissolve effect
16 – Creating a Dissolve text effect
17 – The Behind and Clear modes
18 – Filling a stroke with Behind and Clear
04 The Darken Modes
19 – Darken vs. Darker Color
20 – Creating filter effects with Darken
21 – The Multiply and Burn modes
22 – Cleaning up scanned line art
23 – Comping line art against a photo
24 – Colorizing comped line art
25 – Masking with a darken mode
26 – Refining a mask with Multiply
05 The Lighten Modes
27 – Lighten vs. Lighter Color
28 – Creating filter effects with Lighten
29 – The Screen and Dodge modes
30 – Blending white type, darkening shadows
31 – Creating a classic double-exposure effect
32 – Making dark line art bright
33 – Masking with a lighten mode
34 – Refine, filter, and blend
06 The Contrast Modes
35 – Overlay, Soft Light, and Hard Light
36 – Vivid, Linear, and Pin Light
37 – The amazing Hard Mix mode
38 – Two variations on a single mode
39 – Adding clarity with a contrast mode
40 – Creating a glowing, soft-focus effect
41 – Blending an image with a paper texture
42 – Turning flesh into stone
07 The Inversion and Cancelation Modes
43 – Difference, Exclusion, Subtract, and Divide
44 – Comparing seemingly identical images
45 – Creating type that inverts any background
46 – Making inversion type black and white
08 The Component (HSL) Modes
47 – Luminosity, Color, Hue, and Saturation
48 – Colorizing artwork with layers
49 – Correcting skin tones with Hue
09 The Luminance Sliders
50 – Using the This Layer slider option
51 – Using the Underlying Layer slider option
52 – Achieving greater control with Blend If
10 Conclusion
53 – Next steps
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