Photoshop

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No Limits Creativity and Visual Storytelling with Kirk Nelson aka The Pixel Pro

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Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast from when I chatted with Photographer and Photoshop Artist Kirk Nelson aka The Pixel Pro and discovered how we creates his Fantasy Art Composites and creates Special Effects in his Images …

links mentioned in the video:

50% OFF Courses, Overlays ans Bruashes in Kirk’s Store using code: friendsofglyn

Kirk’s link for a FREE PASS at the Photoshop Creativity Virtual Summit:
https://bit.ly/pixelpro-creative

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AI versus Old-School Photoshop – Which One Wins?

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Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing Photoshop, but is it always the best option?

In this video, I show how technology we've had in Photoshop for a number of years can produce a much better result when expanding an image ... and the results might surprise you!

🔍 Watch to find out:
✅ Alterative tools/techniques to Generative Expand
✅ How to get BEST results using Content Aware Scale

⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:03 - Generative Expand
04:30 - Content Aware FIll
06:58 - Content Aware Scale
09:50 - Even BETTER Results

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😲 Most People MISS This! Perfect Compositing & Lighting in Photoshop

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Did you know that Adobe’s Generative Fill AI isn’t just about adding objects—it’s smart enough to match the lighting and shadows in your photos perfectly? 🤯

In this video, I show you how Generative Fill uses AI to seamlessly blend new elements such as hair into your image while maintaining realistic light, shadows, and perspective.

⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Adding Hair / Matching Lighting
03:50 - Viking Composite
05:10 - Viking Hair Selection New Workflow

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Discovering the HOW, WHAT and WHY for creating STUNNING HDR Images | Greg Benz

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Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast as I chat with Photographer and HDR Guru, Greg Benz and discover the How, What and Why to create and display STUNNING High Dynamic Range Images.

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The ART and INSIGHTS of PROFESSIONAL PORTRAIT RETOUCHING | Pratik Naik

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Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast as I chat with Professional High End Portrait Retoucher Pratik Naik about his process, tips and techniques, the future of retouching, getting hired and a whole lot more …

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Slideshow of Pratik’s work for his Guest Appearance:

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Becoming a Fine Art Photographer and Master of Monochrome | Vincent Versace

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Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast as I chat with Fine Art Photographer, Nikon Ambassador and Recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian Award in Media Arts & Entertainment” Vincent Versace and discuss life as a Photograper, finding your style, the art of post production and more ...

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Vincent’s Promotional Slideshow …

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Ragnar - Viking Composite using Photoshop

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Following on from the earlier article I wrote ( LINK ) showing the Behind the Scenes of a recent Viking Photo Shoot, I’ve now finished the 2nd image so thought I’d share it here for you to see …

This is a composite made using Photoshop and is a combination of several images comprising the original studio photograph of my friend Simon ‘Foxy’ Fowler dressed as the Viking, the Location Shot and several Sea Bird Photographs.

Here’s the studio photograph of Simon …

Here’s the location shot which is a part of the coastline at Three Cliffs Bay, The Gower, South Wales …

To make sure that I got the angle and height correct, when at Three Cliffs Bay, my great friend Anthony Crothers stood in the spot where I would eventually place Simon …

In the studio when photographing Foxy, my camera was on a tripod and at a height where the lens was in line with the top portion of his nearest thigh.

When on location photographing the background / scene, Anthony was stood on a rasied area of ground …

(Note: it looks precarious but actually isn’t … to the front of Anthony on the other side is a flat area that you can comfortably walk on)

… so to get the angle / height to look as though Simon was photographed higher than he actually was, the camera lens was level and aimed just below Anthony’s nearest knee.

My new compositing workflow

Returning to some compositing has seen me now approach them in a different way especially when it comes to potentially time consuming cutouts such as hair anf fur.

My new workflow sees me leaving this part to the very end and getting great results in literally a fraction of the time …

This is something that I’ll definitely be going through in my Combining Old and New : Mastering Selections and Cut Outs in 2024 class in the upcoming ( FREE ) Photoshop Virtual Summit 6 …

If you’d like to see a larger version of both images created from this photo shoot, I’ve now added them into my PORTRAITS PORTFOLIO ( LINK )

Thanks for looking in,
Glyn

© Glyn Dewis 2025