Join photographer Bella Kotak as she takes you through her process of compositing editorial fantasy pieces on Adobe Live. Watch as Bella shows her photo editing process from compositing and retouching, to color toning. Learn how to clean up your images, how to expand your photos, and use tools to heal your photos. Stay tuned for day 2 where Bella will finish retouching and color correct her photos, along with how to set up your exports for social media and print.
Guest Bella Kotak is a fine art, fashion, and portrait photographer living and working in between the US and the UK: https://www.behance.net/bellakotak | https://www.bellakotak.com/
Host Idara Ekpoh is a Nigerian-American photographer, creative director, and educator based in Arizona: https://www.idaraekpoh.com/
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00:00 Start
00:42 Introduction
03:30 Bella’s introduction
06:50 Recap of design
09:32 Overview of process
15:00 Retouching with the Clone Stamp tool
21:20 Retouching with the Spot Healing Tool
32:07 Changing the tool mode
43:30 Retouching hair
48:56 Creating a hair brush
1:05:20 Content Aware Fill and adding the background
1:17:30 Dodging and burning
1:31:38 Artist Spotlight
1:38:08 Adjusting background highlights
1:43:08 Compositing in dust
1:46:09 Selective Color
1:52:22 Motion blur
1:55:10 High Pass filter
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Editing Editorial and Fantasy Photographer with Bella Kotak – 2 of 2 | Adobe Creative Cloud
