1 Three primary sites that I use for free photos. 0:03
2 Unsplash 0:10
3 Pexels 0:02
4 rawpixels.com 0:04
5 For paid project 0:03
6 Shutterstock or Adobe Stock 1:35
7 How to download 0:28
8 Spend more time looking for a photo 0:20
9 remove a background. 0:03
10 select 0:03
11 select and mask. 0:04
12 Select Subject in Photoshop 0:09
13 select the mask 0:02
14 Select Subject 0:07
15 Clean up 0:12
16 Lasso tool 0:18
17 Photoshop tools that you use for selecting are represented here. 0:03
18 equivalent to the quick selection tool. 0:04
19 equivalent to brushing on your mask. 0:03
20 tool similar to select subject, 0:10
21 And then you've got the lasso tool, and that's awesome. 0:29
22 clean up anything 0:15
23 lasso tool default behavior - adding 0:05
24 if you hold down option it's going to subtract. PC ALT 0:26
25 more on using the brush 0:08
26 control brush feathering 0:14
27 not super sharp, so I'm going to use the brush here. 0:49
28 edge detection. 0:27
29 Avoid step effect 0:07
30 not creating that step effect. 0:11
31 background - copy it. 0:20
32 adding grunge layers - nucly.com/grunge-textures 0:31
33 adding proper depth
34 add another layer 0:03
35 adding gradient 0:05
36 adding a background light 0:18
37 fade this layer 0:03
38 clip at the bottom, something like that. 0:03
39 add more vignetting around this. 0:06
40 us of elliptical marquee 0:03
41 new trick using a curves layer 0:20
42 making a marquee 0:05
43 circular oval.
44 Add adjustment layers 0:03
45 a curves adjustment layer, make it darker 0:03
46 curb mask properties 0:04
47 invert the mask feathering 0:03
48 about 500 pixels. 0:01
49 transforming a mask - Command T PC: Ctrl T 0:04
50 transforming a circle 0:04
51 layer mask on curves and your darkening with a big feather 0:07
52 moving vignette 0:13
53 add a little blur to it to simulate lens that had shallow depth of field 1:10
54 make it so it all belongs together by adding a curve 0:08
55 Using one of my color presets - nucly.com/nucly-gradient-maps-vol-1 0:03
56 Use of gradient presets to get a unique look 0:53
57 other techniques 0:22
58 But the one I showed here is the one that I use 95% of the time 0:26
59 brushing out elements in a mask 0:21
60 black on the mask makes part of the image disappear 0:04
61 White makes it appear 0:38
62 adding noise to simulate film grain 0:06
63 add a layer at the very top and add some grain 0:04
64 take a layer fill it with 50% grain - H0 S0 B50 0:10
65 Put this on overlay 0:02
66 add filter noise, add noise 0:03
67 Adding monochromatic noise and Gaussian blur 1:01
68 sources, I struggle with that, making them unified and with the shadows too. 0:10
69 adding shadows technique 0:23
70 make a copy of person 0:04
71 fill that with black 0:02
72 Use a transform and reshape 0:34
73 add some Gaussian blur to it 0:02
74 Take down the opacity 0:03
75 Match other shadows in the image 0:23
76 quick select here to adjust shadow 0:20
77 adding linear gradient on top of the shadow 0:27
78 shout out to Wendy C on the Nucly group. 0:19
79 good course for beginners on Nucly.com right now? 0:08
80 Photoshop Secrets for $27 but right now I am giving it away for FREE 0:33
81 free goodies and tools? 0:03
82 So for all three projects, you get the textures, the overlays 0:04
83 the lens flares, the lighting like all the things that you need 0:04
84 close to 50 assets that you get with the course in order 0:05
85 you can use in any of your own projects