Photoshop advanced manipulation course

Explore advanced photo manipulation techniques step by step, focusing on correcting values, matching saturation and colors across elements, and drawing light into subjects for a cohesive final look and grading.

Learn to blend the sky in Photoshop by building a 1920x1080 project, duplicating and flipping layers, masking edges, and darkening edges to center the focus.

Match the sky and grass in Photoshop by balancing color, saturation, and light values with color balance, hue/saturation, and atmospheric haze using layer masks.

Blend mountains into a horizon by matching perspective, masking the sky, duplicating and flipping layers, and using a curves adjustment in luminosity to haze the lower edges for atmospheric distance.

Add a large sun in a sunset scene behind the mountains, reveal it with a soft brush and mask, and glow with a solid color layer in linear light.

Learn to blend a giant elephant into a sunset scene by mastering precise pen tool selections, masking, smart objects, and color grading with curves and color balance.

Apply a haze to the mountains with a color adjustment layer in screen mode and a soft brush, then refine with masks and add a sun glow with orange highlights.

Blend the man into the elephant scene by creating a smart object, masking legs with grass, and matching lighting and color with curves and color balance adjustments.

Apply a cyan color to the elephant's teeth to create contrast, then sculpt eye highlights with a solid color adjustment layer using a clipping mask and screen blend mode.

Use object selection and select and mask to isolate the palm tree, refine edges, then composite and color-match with hue/saturation, curves, color balance, and rim lights to blend into background.

Create water reflections by merging layers, transforming and distorting the reflection, then apply motion blur and liquify, and finish with masking, curves, and lens flare.

Create butterflies on a new layer with a butterfly brush, then erase extras. Add outer glow, duplicate and flip, and create water reflections with a color adjustment layer.

Create a final vignette and apply a camera roll filter via a smart object, then use curves, color grading, and targeted color adjustments to unify contrast, texture, and tones.