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The Inverse Curve Technique for Painting Light - Photoshop Tutorial

PiXimperfect via YouTube

Overview

Learn the Inverse Curve Technique for painting realistic highlights and shadows in Photoshop in this 32-minute tutorial. Master advanced compositing skills to seamlessly blend subjects with backgrounds, create dramatic and colorful lighting effects, and apply expert photo manipulation techniques. Explore color grading, blending methods, and step-by-step instructions for combining multiple images. Follow along with downloadable resources and discover how to use Curves, masks, and color lookups to achieve professional-quality results. Perfect your skills in matching colors, painting highlights and rim lighting, creating shadows, adding noise, and applying overlays for stunning digital artwork.

Syllabus

Intro
Matching the Colors
Painting the Highlights
Rim Lighting
Masking
Painting the Shadows
Adding Noise
Color Lookup
Overlays
Recap

Taught by

PiXimperfect

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