February 2013

How To Make Images Look Great On The Web

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http://youtu.be/yslbGYhLlO0

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Making Your Images Look Great

There are a lot of options to check when you are editing your images. Choosing the right ones will make sure your images will look great no matter where they are viewed.

In this episode we cover 16bit vs 8bit and colorspace. These may sound boring, but they do make a big difference in your final image.

Today’s Episode Timeline

0:30 -Making sure your images look good on the internet
1:00 – 16 bit vs. 8 bit.(Here is a great article)
2:45 – Opening the DNG
3:50 – Changing your color space
5:30- Opening your image from the RAW Dialogue
6:00- editing your image
7:26- Saving Multiple copies of your images
8:00- Saving your images for the internet
9:30- Deciding your quality
10:30- Opening your image on the internet
12:10- Keeping you from getting pissed off!
Starting with a lot of information

Be sure you are shooting in RAW! You want to start off with the most info possible and then work your way down.

Here is a decent workflow

Shoot with your camera in RAW mode. If your camera does not have RAW, choose the FINE under the JPG settings.
Import into Lightroom or aperture – these programs will read your RAW files.
Edit your image in Photoshop – 16 bit mode, ProphotoRGB or Adobe RGB 1998
Save a copy of your image as a .PSD file – this will allow you to have layers so you can edit the image further later if you decide to.
Save another copy of your image for the web using FILE-SAVE FOR WEB AND DEVICES from Photoshop. Be sure it embeds the color profile SRGB and is around 80 quality.
Upload to the internet! .

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Behind The Scenes: Island Of Morel PRO Tutorial

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http://youtu.be/MQwNNq3FqYc

In this tutorial we take you behind the scenes of our new photo shoot: Island Of Morel. Learn how we created it, the setup, lighting and final photo.

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The Sirens Morel stay young by collecting souls of the youth. They come in the night and steal you away. The only thing they are afraid of are kids who eat their veggies. Hear that kids, eat those veggies.

The Shoot

The shoot was a huge success and everyone involved did an amazing job. In total we had about 15 people in the studio for the duration of the shoot, which lasted about 6 hours.

Lighting tests were done before the day of the shoot, so we could have a good idea of what everything would look like, and spend time on other things during the shoot. The most important part of all of it is to make sure the models are comfortable and give the emotion needed for the image. It can be easy to focus on the wrong details when doing something like this.

Our model Jenna went through 3 different subtle changes of hair and makeup. Doing this made the final image a bit more dynamic and less like a cut and paste job.

Basically we brief everyone on the shoot, get them into character and let them go! Trying to pose people usually results in something that looks forced and static, but allowing people to interact with their environment and other actors makes everyone’s job easier.

If there is one big thing we have learned from working with models it is this: give them something to interact with. It can be another actor, an animal, a set, a prop, themselves. It really doen’t matter what you decide on. Doing this will allow people to act instead of model.

The image was taken with a Canon 5d MKii + 70-200 2.8 IS @ 1/160 4.0 ISO200 tethered into Adobe Lightroom. .

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How To Create A Photoshop Composite Image – A Phlearn Video Tutorial

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http://youtu.be/lQWA7i4FW3s

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Where to start with a composite?

It can be very difficult to know what elements to start with when making a Photoshop Composite Image. The best way to do it in my experience is to start with the element you can’t really control, and work towards the elements you can.

Today’s Episode Timeline

0:30 -Rules on building a composite
2:00 – Matching lighting in a composite
3:00 – Putting together the background
3:30 – Adding a sky
4:20 – Adding a light source
5:30 – Sketching on top of our background
6:20 – Showing Amelia’s Foam Work!
7:30 – 3d Modeling Vs. Building Props
8:30 – Working from what you can’t control
9:30 – Blackjack teaches Photoshop
First Things First

For this composite, we are starting with the background and building up from there. There are a lot of complex things going on in this final photo, and getting them all to work together is very hard.

By starting with the background, we know how the entire image is lit, and we can model and photograph everything else to make sure that it does match. This also helps for choosing what angle to photograph your subject.

What Are Your Ideas?

I will be making this image into a Phlearn PRO! What ideas do you have for the final, you can be famous! .

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