Master Shadows & Lighting in Compositing with Photoshop!

The Complete Guide to Creating Shadows and Matching the Lighting in Compositing with Photoshop!

🚀 Join PiXimperfect Pro - The Ultimate Photoshop Training Course: https://pix.live/pro

Learn how to manually paint and create shadows and discover several techniques to add realism to it. In this video, we will learn the concepts of layering, coloring, and determining the gradual blur in a shadow in utmost detail. We will also learn how to match the color, the ambient light, and the direct sunlight in the new background with that of the subject. It's all a combination of Curves and Blend Modes! I hope this lesson helps you. Thank you so much for watching :)

► TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Extracting vs. Painting Shadows

01:11 Downloads and Resources

01:20 Getting the Composite Ready

04:18 Creating the Shadow

11:04 Coloring the Shadow

13:45 Get the Right Blur

15:44 Don't Forget the Ground!

17:24 Contact Point Shadow

20:21 Add Little Darkness From the Shadows

21:53 Matching Ambient Light

22:54 Matching Brightness

24:16 Adding Additional Warmth

25:45 A Small Correction

26:21 The See-Through Shadow

27:42 Enhancing Shadows on the Subject

29:27 Darkening Subject Shadows to Add Dimension

30:47 Final Adjustment!

31:51 Oops! Don't Miss This Tiny Matching Factor!

32:57 Recap

34:52 Outro

► SUPPORT THE CHANNEL & GAIN PREMIUM ACCESS: https://www.patreon.com/piximperfect

► RECOMMENDED SOFTWARE & GEAR:

✅ My Graphic Tablet: https://pix.live/wacom

✅ Recommended Budget Tablet: https://pix.live/wacomlite

✅ Try Photoshop for Free: https://pix.live/photoshop

✅ Artificial Intelligence Photo Editor: https://pix.live/luminarai

✅ Unlimited Photoshop Actions, Plugins, and Stock Photos: https://pix.live/envato

✅ Primary Microphone: https://pix.live/mic1

✅ Second Microphone: https://pix.live/mic2

✅ Audio Interface: https://pix.live/audiointerface

✅ Filmed with: https://pix.live/camera

✅ Lens: https://pix.live/lens

✅ Music: https://pix.live/music

✅ The App I Use for YouTube Growth: https://pix.live/ytapp

► PIXIMPERFECT MERCH STORE:

► PIXIMPERFECT ACTIONS:

► DOWNLOADS:

1. Sample Image (Subject): https://bit.ly/3jPl5h1

2. Sample Image (Background): https://bit.ly/2Una8J4

3. Finished PSD: https://bit.ly/3dOENpw (Only for our Patreon Family)

► SHARE: https://goo.gl/IUhnUl

►LET'S CONNECT:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piximperfect

Facebook: http://facebook.com/piximperfect

Twitter: https://twitter.com/piximperfect