Food Photography and Post-production in Photoshop

Plan the photo composition in advance by sketching ideas, then shoot a dark brown muffin with sparkles against a dark gray background, reserving the top-left space for text.

Craft a backdrop by mixing gypsum and water on a wooden board, blend in acrylic color for texture, let dry, then apply a dark non-reflective finish.

Set up a black backdrop with a muffin and sparkles. Use soft box light or window light, ISO 100, shutter 1.8 s, and aperture 5.6 to blur the background.

Learn Photoshop retouching and color correction to craft cinematic food photos by adjusting white balance, contrast, clarity, exposure, and color grading to control highlights, shadows, and overall mood.

Plan a glass shot with ice and a yellow drink, lit from the right in a black environment, using the chosen color palettes and a professional digital artist.

Set up drink composition with a backdrop and center glass. Capture two shots, focusing on glass and background, then merge in Photoshop with smallest aperture, ISO 100, and 1/140 second.

Master Photoshop retouching by merging layers, applying color correction with luminance and saturation, and using dodge and high-pass sharpening with camera roll filter presets to enhance a drink and glass.

Plan a stormy coffee and milk splash with high-speed tripod shooting. Capture five shots from base background to the milk splash, then replace the glass in Photoshop with off-white color.

Master Photoshop retouching by using layer masks, inverting masks, and white painting to reveal details and refine glass, milk, and blush areas. Move and align images, erase edges, and polish splashes for a cohesive post-production look.

Perform a Photoshop camera raw color retouching workflow: crop for composition, remove distractions with content-aware fill and the clone tool, then adjust color, exposure, and sharpness.

Plan levitation shoots featuring colorful macarons with mint and lime, capture multiple angles for sharp final images, then merge and retouch in Photoshop.

Set up a composition with a background, arrange macarons on a wood stick, shoot with shutter 1/400, smallest aperture, ISO 800 under natural light, then retouch or levitate in Photoshop.

Learn to build a photo composition in Photoshop and Elements cutout by creating a new 2500x3500 px project, masking, erasing backgrounds, and cloning for clean, centered macarons.

Cut out the subjects and arrange elements in the Photoshop workspace. Transform and rotate layers, align the light direction, apply exposure tweaks and shadow effects, and save the final composite.

Apply camera raw retouching and enhance with high pass and overlay blend mode, then crop the image and add centered text with a stroke using guides for balance.

Plan a shot, transform a bad backdrop into a classy poster, and add text and decorative elements in Photoshop to elevate food photography.

Learn to compose a plated backdrop in Photoshop, adjust hue and saturation, adjust lightness, add drop shadows, apply exposure with clipping masks, and create artistic text to enhance food photography.

Practice adding environment elements with filters in Photoshop, creating realistic shadows with layer styles and motion blur to enhance a food photo, and finish with final text placement.

Perform camera raw final retouching in Photoshop by opening and duplicating your image, applying a preset, adjusting greens, yellows, and oranges with color mixture, and adding a smooth black frame.

Plan and execute levitation food photography by merging eight or more shots in Photoshop, mastering retouching basics, moving filters, and shadow creation to avoid common beginner mistakes.

Set up the workspace with stands, backdrop, string, and wooden board to stage food compositions, shoot multiple angles of bread, cheese, steak, and burger elements, then move to Photoshop.

Use the pen tool and layer mask to cut out the burger, replace the background, adjust lighting with curves and hue/saturation, and add a realistic shadow.

Duplicate the layer, apply a layer mask, refine with the brush and content-aware fill, and create realistic shadows with drop shadow for seamless post-production.

Learn to add the burger bread middle layer in Photoshop by duplicating the layer, masking, and refining with content aware fill, brush, and shadow.

Duplicate the layer, use a layer mask and brush to shape a second steak shadow, rotate and rearrange layers with guidelines and clipping masks for realistic post-production.

Add the top bread of the burger, remove extra blocks, fill gaps with content-aware, align elements with guides, and create the shadow using a clipping mask and brush tool.

Apply final arrangements to burger pieces with precise shadows, clipping masks, and layer organization in Photoshop, then add center-aligned text using the type tool and a blue rectangle.

Learn to compose levitating food scenes in Photoshop by masking, cloning, and transforming multiple images, applying content-aware fill, motion blur, and clipping masks.

Organize the Photoshop project by grouping layers, duplicating and flipping pieces, applying clipping masks and shadows, then crop to 5.7 and export the final image.

Master final colour retouching in camera raw by cleaning the backdrop, removing white spots with the clone tool, applying a modern profile, and sharpening with a high-pass filter before saving.

Wrap up the food photography course by sharing tips on shooting and retouching, using Photoshop cutouts for clean images, and creating pictures from the heart that touch viewers.