Compositing Product Photography in Photoshop

1h 55mIntermediate2016-01-28

Authors

Seán Duggan

Fine-Art Photographer, Educator, and Adobe Certified Photoshop Expert

Course details

A product isn't always shot on its final background. In fact, product photography is often composited into existing scenes or advertising layouts in post. In this course, photographer and educator Seán Duggan details the considerations involved in creating a simple product photography composite with Photoshop, including working with lighting, shadows, and perspective to make the final composite look realistic. He also introduces some simple product photography tips to maximize your Photoshop compositing options, and some tricks for building a "studio" to shoot small-sized products at home.

Skills covered

Photo CompositingProduct PhotographyPhotoshopProjectPhotographyAdobe

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Using the exercise files
03 - What you should know

1. Photographing the Product

04 - Simple studio setups when you don't have a studio
05 - Shooting different angles
06 - Shooting with different lighting

2. Adding Label Art to the Product

07 - Opening multiple shots as aligned layers
08 - Using blend modes to combine the bottle photos
09 - Creating a selection mask for the product
10 - Making a Pen Tool path for the product
11 - Creating a merged layer from multiple layers

3. Adding the Product to a New Background

12 - Fine-tuning the layer mask
13 - Nondestructive transformations with Smart Objects
14 - Adding a Linked Smart Object for the label art
15 - Transforming a Linked Smart Object
16 - Replacing a Linked Smart Object
17 - Placing the bottle behind the horizon
18 - Adjustment layers for a shadow and glow effect
19 - Adding a translucent effect to a bottle

Conclusion

20 - Next steps