Follow Kate at a more accelerated pace as she works through the retouching/compositing phase of the Red Room image. Begin as she identifies her photoshoot selects in Capture One and preps them for Photoshop editing. Work through part 1 of her compositing and blending workflow to create the second image of this story arc - the Red Room.
With the scene extended, continue blending and compositing layers, stitching together the best elements from each capture for the final image. Utilize the crop tool guidelines as you continue to align and adjust your composite for the optimum framing and composition. Add the backplate to composit...
In this phase of post production, transition from compositing into color and lighting adjustments. Follow Kate’s workflow in adjusting skin tone utilizing Photoshop’s hue/saturation adjustment. Paint masks to target color adjustments to specific locations within the composition. Utilize a curves ...
For the final step on the Red Room - focus on color to complete the image. Utilizing Kate’s custom Photoshop Action, Mona Lisa - apply a dynamic range shift for a painterly aesthetic. Learn how to manipulate her action to fit the context of this image.