hi there this is a mission pics in
perfect and today we can learn how to
create a composite match a composite
take this car and put it in a completely
new background it's gonna be fun so
without any further ado let's get
started
so here we on Photoshop me feel good and
download these photos check the links in
the description so the first thing that
we always have to do when it comes to
creating composites is choosing the
right image so I took some time and
chose these two images I'll tell you why
let's analyze the light have a look at
the light of this image how does the
light look like it looks like the image
was taken somewhere earlier in the
morning or later in the day maybe in the
evening and there's still a little bit
of sunlight left okay and that's why we
have a hard-edged shadow but most of it
is soft have a look at the trees trees
have no shadow at all they're very very
soft so overall it's a soft light volume
because of the trees in this image as
well the light is soft so what is hard
light and soft light hard light produces
hard shadows and soft light produces
soft shadows what do we mean by that if
you go out 12:00 noon ok Sun is right at
the top of your head it's not a cloudy
day it's scorching Sun how's the shadow
look like look down how does the shadow
look like it's a hard-edged shadow dark
shadow and that's when we can say that
Sun is throwing off hard light similarly
if you go out in a cloudy day overcast
weather how does the shadow look like
it's very very soft sometimes it's very
difficult to even see it right that's
when we can say the sky is throwing off
soft light and that's all the
differences so if you have a look at it
there's no harsh shadows so the light is
very very soft in this case as well in
this case as well the light is soft so
the first thing to look for when
creating your own images or choosing
images for a composite is the direction
of light make sure the direction of
light in both of the images is the same
or can be altered maybe the direction of
light in the second image is from the
left so you can just flip it okay if the
direction of light is at the top it
becomes difficult to flip so make sure
that the direction of light can be
matched in these cases the light is so
soft so the direction of light really
doesn't matter it will match secondly
look at how hard or soft the light is in
both the images as we just saw the light
very soft so we don't have to care about
that and the third thing that you always
have to keep in mind is the influence of
the environment on the object in the
first image as you saw we have the car
and the trees and on the car we have the
reflection of the trees so when we place
the car on the second background in the
second background as well we have trees
and that is intentional that's why we
chose it so that we already have a
reflection of trees on the car and if we
put it on a street that will look
strange if you put it beside buildings
it will look very strange so make sure
that the environment has to be kept into
consideration other things like color
and the brightness can be matched let's
forget the key to making a great
composite is creating the best selection
and when it comes to hard edges the best
way to make a selection is using the pen
tool now I would highly recommend you to
watch this video this is a complete
guide to the pen tool that will allow
you to master the pen tool in 30 minutes
of course the mastery will come with
practice but you will know everything
that you need to know about the pen tool
in this video so check that out if you
do not know about the pen - all right
let's start making the selection let's
zoom in okay and let's use the pen tool
click on the pen tool or press P which
is the shortcut for the pen tool and
let's start somewhere so let's create a
point over here and click and drag it up
all these try to stay inside don't go
outside or do not be on the line so do
not select like this don't be on the
line why because later when we blur the
edges halos will start showing up the
road will start showing up so it's
better to stay inside and then move
forward from here
so slowly and gradually and the best
part about the pen too is that you can
edit the points after the fact so he can
hold the ctrl or command you can change
the points you can change or modify the
handles you can do anything you like
right so you can just make blunt
selection and then refine it later
whatever your style is you can just move
forward and this is one of the cleanest
ways of making a
action when you have hard edges okay
doesn't work good with hair or other for
something like that but when you have
hard edges this is the way to go okay
see here we have a sharp turn so how do
we make the sharp turn hold the alt or
option and click on this that way we
will be able to make the sharp turn
similarly over here have a look if we
just simply click you will have this
round which we don't want so here's what
I would do before clicking here hold the
alt or option and click on this once
this breaks half of the handle in the
direction of the path and then you can
make it similarly over here holds the
alt or option click on it again it
breaks it just takes away the handle
from the right hand side or in the
direction of the path and you can just
begin to click here and go forward now
I'm not gonna bore you with a complete
selection I already have made the
selection for you so if I go to the
paths I have this saved the car
selection now how to save a path very
easy the paths that we are working on is
called
the work path and if you want to save it
simply rename it and we will name it
anything that we like just car trial ok
now it is saved now I already have one
with a complete car selected I'll just
click over there and as you can see the
car is completely selected and I'll
right-click on it and choose make
selection we don't need any feather
right now make sure it is zero and hit
OK because we can add softness to the
edge later anyway so hit OK and it makes
a selection now come back to the list
and then click on the mask button just
like that and now you have the car
selected now the best part about masks
is that everything is recoverable so if
you want the shadows back so just take
the brush and with the mask selected
I'll just paint this area with white so
we'll get those areas back and that's
the greatest advantage however if you
have put that on a new layer it would
have been destructive so keep up with
the masks because that is
non-destructive now just drag it and
drop it on that document just like this
and here you have it ready now let's
resize it and place it in the right
place but before we do that let us
determine which is the right place for
this car let's turn this off and let's
create a new layer and I'm just drawing
a few couple things just scribbling
something all right let's have a look at
this so this area is out of focus this
area is blurry and the car is sharp we
cannot place it over here okay
this area is somewhere we can place it
this area sharp this particular area we
can place our car here we can place it
here as well but if we place it here the
direction is opposite you see the
direction is this way okay but the car
have a look at the car so the car is in
this direction so we cannot put it over
there so this is gonna be at the right
place for it the car let's just delete
it and let's resize the car and place it
over there press ctrl or command 0 to
fit the canvas to the screen and then
press ctrl or command D and hold the
shift key drag it from the corners to
make it smaller in proportions if you
hold the alt or option along with it it
will make it smaller from the center
which is cool right this size is okay
let's zoom in quite a bit and place it
in the place where we decided it to
place okay this looks good let's rotate
it a bit and make it a little bigger
like that bring it to the side and there
we go something like this and it looks
fine now some of you might have an
objection why am i placing this car in
the left
the thing is in India we drive on the
left hand side maybe it's different in
the u.s. actually it is different in the
US and some other countries so I've had
an habit of just okay because that's
what I do
just hit enter you can place it on the
right but I don't think it will fit on
the right will it probably if you want
to place it on the right you can place
it over here just make it smaller you
get the idea let's come back now let's
and anyway the road is empty so nobody
cares now it's time for us to create a
shadow for this car let me show you one
very interesting technique to do that
make a copy of the car press ctrl or
command J the one on the bottom name
that shadow so this will work as
shadow and the one on the top this is
car okay now in the shadow click on the
mosque and just zoom it press ctrl or
command + and zoom in and take the brush
and that's why we created a mosque
make sure the foreground color is white
now what is the concept of mosque white
shows up black hides make the brush a
little bigger by holding the alt or
option right mouse button drag it to the
right to make it bigger on the left to
make it smaller if you're using Mac that
would be option control and then drag
with the right mouse button
so let's reveal some shadows let's paint
and some shadows reveal some a little
extra is okay because we can erase that
anyway okay that is great we just want
to keep the shadows we do not want to
waste the shadow is just already there
why because if we create the shadow no
matter how hard we work it's never gonna
be as natural as the original shadow so
how do we just keep the shadow well you
can take your time and try erasing it
with black as the foreground color but
that's not gonna be accurate let me tell
you away then let us look at it in this
light what does the shadow do it makes
things darker so if I hold my hand over
here and if there's a light it will make
that area in the table darker no matter
how dark the table is the shadow will
always be darker than the surrounding
areas
okay got that what if we say to
photoshop keep everything which is dark
and hide everything which is bright as
you can see in this case and we can do
that by using blend if so double-click
on the right hand side of the layer and
take the slider of the current layer
from right to left just like this as we
do that the bright areas are going away
what that does is that it hides the
bright areas off the current layer from
the current layer makes sense no so if
we move the slider of the underlying
layer just like this from right to left
that will move the bright areas of the
underlying layer
from the current layer it will take it
away are you getting it so if we move
the slider from right to left it will
hide the bright areas of the underlying
leverages the road of the background
from the current layer which is that of
the shadow however if you move the
sliders of this layer it will take away
the bright areas off the current layer
from the current layer just like this
just play with it and you'll understand
it if it's not clear to you this is okay
but this is very harsh this is perfect
selection so hold the alt or option
click on a slider this splits the slider
and makes the transition smooth like
that okay that looks wonderful and okay
that looks really nice now once you're
satisfied with this hit okay and there
you go you have the shadow but haven't
got the shadow it has some texture in it
why do we have the texture if you go
back to this previous image and let's
turn off the mask this road already had
some texture so the shadow brings with
itself some texture and we don't want it
how can we get rid of it simple as well
just blur it out select the shadow left
go to filter blur and then Gaussian blur
and stop at just at the point where the
textures go away if you go too far you
will see a halo effect you don't want
that okay so stop at just the point
where the texture is just go away okay
1.8 that is good else I'll go with 1.6
hit okay and that looks pretty nice ctrl
or command zero to fit the canvas to
screen now we have created the shadow in
the car now we need to match the
lightness and the color and here's how
we do it create a group of both of them
because you want to apply the
adjustments both to the shadow and the
car because if you have a look at the
shadows in the background
they are pretty faded they are a little
brighter but have a look here it's very
dark punchy so whatever adjustment that
you can apply to this you can apply it
both to the car and the shadow because
we brought the shadow as well from the
previous image
so hold the ctrl or command select the
other one and then press ctrl or command
G to make a group and you can name it
whatever you like I'm gonna name it car
total alright the first thing that we
need to match is the lightness or the
brightness and we can do that using
curves so let me show you two approaches
to do that create a curves adjustment
layer click on the adjustment layer icon
and choose curves okay as simple as that
so suppose you want to make the car
darker you would make a darker just like
this now it affects both the car and the
background how do we tackle that by
creating a clipping mask so click on the
clipping mask button this creates a
clipping mask so whatever you do it just
affects the car the other way of
creating a clipping mask let's break it
is holding the alt or option and click
on the line between these two it also
creates a clipping mask so that's
approach number one let me show you
approach number two so instead of
creating a clipping mask what if you
took it down just like this you put the
curves and the car total inside of a
larger group so hold the ctrl or command
click on this one press ctrl or command
G ok now change the blend mode of the
group from pass-through to normal and
when he do that it does not allow the
adjustment layers to pass through the
group so whatever you do inside of this
group will just affect the car or in
other words whatever you do inside of
this group using adjustment layers will
be limited to the elements inside of the
group that's just an easier way to work
with it and keeps things a little
organized ok so we can name the whole
group car with adjustments I'm just
messing up the Spelling's add just mins
kind of it's it's difficult to work with
the Mike and just move the hand around
alright so let's go back to the curves
and let's make it a little darker
because the background is a little
darker let's zoom out and then let's
match first of all the lightness
this looks good don't worry about the
punchy tone we can work on that later
and too much of saturation we can reduce
that later
just focus on the brightness now let me
show you a tip that will help you just
focus on the amount of light and here's
how to do it so create a new layer all
the way to the top a solid color
adjustment layer click on that decimal
layer icon and choose solid color and
choose any neutral color that you like
white black gray whatever just make sure
it is neutral and hit OK put it at the
top and change the blend mode of this
one to color if you have watched my
previous tutorial on checklist this
technique is present in that tutorial
this really helps you check the amount
of light ok now come back to the curves
and work on it now you can just focus on
the brightness so if I take it down it's
matching pretty well like that not too
much just a little bit and that is OK I
can turn this off you can just delete it
doesn't really matter so we have matched
the lightness let's name it double click
on the text and you can name it anything
you like brightness lightness luminosity
I'm gonna name it light or light ok all
right
we have matched the brightness now let's
match the color and we can do that using
curves as well click on the adjustment
layer icon and choose curves again and
create a curves adjustment layer and
let's name it color okay now we will
work with channels keep in mind the
left's are the darks and the rights are
the price so if you want to increase the
Reds let's go to the Reds in the bright
areas you will click and make a point on
the right drag it up to increase the
Reds in the bright areas if you want to
decrease the Reds in the dark areas
you'll make a point on the left and take
it down now all we have to do is to
analyze the colors of the background and
try to match the car with that of the
background okay so let's try taking the
Reds down let's see how that look try
taking it up it's matching maybe we will
increase the Reds and highlights and
take it away from the dark areas as
there are less Reds in the dark areas in
the background so let's keep it this way
it looks nice
now let's move to greens as you can see
there's lots of greens in the car and we
need to get rid of that so let's take
greens away from the dark areas and
that's gone now let's come to Blues
let's try increasing and decreasing it
so if we decrease it it looks nicer I
don't know why it's increase the Reds
blue sorry not too much just a little
bit and have a look at that before and
after so this is the before this is the
after matching the color so before after
let's zoom in and let's recheck it is it
is the colors actually matching or was
it not required let's go a little bit
let's go to the Reds and let's increase
the rents a little bit now the colors
are matching but it's getting a little
too saturated we need to decrease the
saturation and then we can come back to
this one so create a hue/saturation
adjustment layer click on the adjustment
layer icon and choose hue/saturation and
take the saturation to the left like
that maybe this number now let's get
back to color and work these channels we
will increase the Reds a little bit and
he will decrease the Reds on the shadows
just like that okay and then come to the
greens of course we need to decrease the
greens all right
blues you can adjust it the way we like
it let's make it subtle and that looks
nice now we have matched the color and
the lightness we also matched the
saturation now if you have a look at
this image press ctrl or command 0 to
fit the canvas to screen it's not punchy
R which means there's a lot of contrast
in here if you look at the shadows in
the background it's faded right it's not
very dark as this shadow over here it
has a lot of contrast so we need to
decrease the contrast and that can also
be done using curves click on the
adjustment layer icon and choose curves
and put it at the top now how do we
decrease the contrast let's first
understand what is increase
in the contrast increasing the contrast
is actually making the brights brighter
and the darks darker that's what it is
so this would be increasing contrast
brights brighter and darks darker but we
need to decrease the contrast decreasing
the contrast is making the brights
darker and the darks writer has easy as
that so first of all let's try to match
the shadow of the car with that of the
background so let's take it up just like
this it's too much let's find the
perfect spot now that looks wonderful
and it fits with that of the background
let's make the brights a little darker
not too much a little make the bright
starker from here make the darks
brighter just like this and that pretty
much does the job press ctrl or command
0 and let's have a look before very
punchy after it really does help the
image match with that of the background
you can play with it as much as you like
I'll leave it at that and it really
looks wonderful now the car pretty much
fits with the background but before you
give it a green signal zoom in and have
a look and you'll find something let's
zoom in and this is very crucial and
matching composite have a look at the
background the background has a lot of
noise and the car is super clean also
the background is a little blurry even
in the sharpest areas and the car has a
lot of details it's tack sharp it seems
like both of them are taking with a
different camera which they actually
wear but we need to make it look like
both of them were taken with the same
camera so there's a tool in Photoshop
that will allow you to lower it out a
little bit and add noise at the same
time and here's how to do it let's open
up the car select the car layer and then
convert that into a smart object before
we apply the photo because we might have
to change the values later
go to filter convert for Smart Filters
and hit OK now you already guessed what
I'm what am I gonna apply go to filter
blur gallery and then
field blur now it's so much flour we
need to match the blare of the car with
that of the background so let's decrease
the blur okay let's move it and let's
increase it just a little bit not too
much
how does to pixel look is it too blurry
I think it's too blurry
okay let's free pixel it's very blurry
let's apply one pixel now it's matching
it's pretty good
let's try one point for no it just shows
up integer values or just numbers
doesn't go decimals okay now let's add
some noise to it let's increase the
amount down here beside effects and
motion effect you have noise increase
the amount make sure it matches with
this so kind of pretty much matching
let's decrease the size no let's keep
the size this way let's decrease the
roughness as you can see it's very
nicely matching with that of the
background okay that looks great and we
don't want nose in the highlights so we
will decrease this slider so that it
looks natural okay at this point over
here it's not matching so much so let's
decrease the amount like that to this
point is it matching at the top not so
much that's okay we have to find a
balance okay that is looking pretty good
not very bad is it matching with this
yes it is matching let's decrease the
size just a little bit and yes it's
great it does look great hit OK once
you're satisfied and you have applied
the noise to the car now the shadow has
also to be applied the noise so select
the shadow and convert that into a smart
object or a filter convert for Smart
Filters it's okay now the shadow is also
a smart object now do you have to go
again to filter blur gallery and then
apply it again no you just have to copy
and paste the smart filters to this so
hold the alt or option click and drag
and paste it on this layer so the smart
filters will all
we apply it to the shadows it looks
wonderful doesn't it have a look really
nice but still something is looking odd
you know what is odd the edges are very
very sharp and the head is looking are
very sharp so here's what we will do we
will soften out the mask but where is
the mask because we converted this into
a smart object it along with the mask
became a smart object can we get the
mask back yes we can just double-click
on it and there you have the car with
the mask okay and you can select the
mask you can directly increase the
feather from here or if you want to do
it custom what you can also do you can
choose the blur tool and just start
blurring it like that okay you can do
anything you like
you can control the strength of the blur
from this area you can just blur it out
a little bit I'm gonna go ahead and add
some feather probably maybe one pixel
yeah that is great one pixel is great
looks good okay
alright now let's save it file save and
then close this one once you save it now
it's saving and as it saves it will
actually update it in the stock well
let's close it we don't need it see it
made it smoother now the edges are
smooth wonderful isn't it press ctrl or
command 0 to fit it and and we are
pretty much done but at the end do not
forget this step if you want your
composites to really match apply a
collective effect to the whole image
including the element and the background
ok and you can apply any effect that you
like that can be a simple curves
adjustment layer applying some contrast
anything just make sure that you apply
an effect to the overall image both to
the element and the background ok let's
close the groups and let's add any
effect so we're gonna go ahead and add a
color lookup table so let's click on
color lookup and you can choose anything
you like just scroll through them choose
whatever you like
so everything looks good to me I think
I'm gonna stay with this it looks
wonderful and we are done it's done I
would recommend that you take a break go
somewhere eat something and then come
back to the image after a while that way
you will be able to spot the mistakes
that you normally wouldn't find while
editing the picture all right now we
don't need anything else it's pretty
much done now if you want to go back you
can go back and adjust any of the things
that you have to so this is decreasing
the contrast just double-click on the
icon to open up the properties and then
just work on a to saturation anything
you like you can always go back to all
of them let's have a look at the before
and after so this is the before and this
is the after with the car now at this
point I think we might have to fade it
even more let's go back to this one and
add some more fate like that now it's
matching much better see how essential
that was to take a break so that's how
you create a composite match a composite
in Photoshop step by step and I showed
that to you let's do a quick little
recap before you select anything or
start working on the image it's very
essential that you choose the right
images make sure that the direction of
light is matching or can be matched so
if the light is coming from the left you
can just flip it you can just work it
around so make sure it can be matched
make sure that the light is either soft
or hard both on the element and on the
background the third thing is also
important very important is the
influence of the environment on the
object or subject ok these three things
should match and only then you proceed
with it to some extent that can be
controlled probably by using dodging and
burning but make sure these three are
pretty much matching then make the
perfect selection and that is the key to
a great composite bring it in in form of
a mask and we learned a new technique to
create a shadow we made two copies of it
the car and the shadow okay and in the
shadow we revealed the shadow and then
using blended
kept the shadow after that we made a
group of them and made some adjustments
he matched the light then matched the
color hue saturation and then matched
the contrast if you have to do it do it
if you don't have to do it don't wanna
do it don't do it and at this point
again I think I might want to make it a
little darker so always take a break all
right at the end always apply an effect
any effect that you like it can be a
simple contrast to the overall image
both to the element and the background
and do not forget to zoom in and look
you might have to match not just noise
and the blurriness but other properties
as well just zoom in and have a look and
I found out that we needed to match the
noise and that's why we converted that
to a smart object and applied the blur
gallery filled blur and added the noise
and the blur as well together and that's
pretty much it for this video I hope
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