Photography

Photo Compositing & Digital Manipulation

Make ten photos look like one impossible shot

12 lessons4 modules10h 0m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This beginner course teaches the full compositing workflow in Adobe Photoshop (2024 and later), from non-destructive layer setup to final color grading. You extract subjects with refined masks, replace skies, blend foregrounds and backgrounds, and construct surreal concept imagery. Every technique is taught with the specific tools, panels, and settings used by working retouchers and matte artists.

Curriculum

Module 1: The Compositing Mindset and a Non-Destructive Setup3 lessons

What Compositing Actually Is (and the Four Tells)Preview45m
A Bulletproof Non-Destructive Document🔒50m
Choosing Source Images That Can Live Together🔒40m

Module 2: Selections and Masking: Cutting Things Out Cleanly3 lessons

The Selection Toolkit and When to Use Each🔒50m
Select and Mask for Hair and Fur🔒55m
Channel Masking for the Hardest Extractions🔒50m

Module 3: Sky Replacement and Environment Blending3 lessons

Believable Sky Replacement🔒50m
Atmospheric Perspective and Light Wrap🔒50m
Matching Scale, Perspective, and Ground Contact🔒45m

Module 4: Color, Light, and the Surreal Concept Image3 lessons

Color Matching and the Global Grade🔒55m
Final Light, Dodge and Burn, and Grain🔒50m
Building an Original Surreal Concept End to End🔒1h 0m