CreativeLive Lisa Carney CompositingCompanionHandout

Compositing for Commercial Photography

A practical guide to Preparing -Shooting for Composite
Lisa Carney
Finisher/Designer/Retoucher/Educator
OWNER / FINISHING STATION

Christina Peters
Photographer/Educator
https://www.christinapeters.com
who this class is good for:
Retouchers
Photographers who hire retouchers
Photographers who do their own retouching
Designers
5
Class
OVERVIEW PRODUCTION
PRE Shoot - planning RETOUCHING
Shooting- Approval process

what to look for on set delivery
Coverage Plan
Shoot Planning
7
7
PRE SHOOT issues conversation
•Layouts: Horizontal/Vertical
•How many shots/variations
•what is media buy?
•Time concerns
•Budget concerns
•What could change?
•Background issues
Coverage
•Props - Back up Props
•Shoot list
•Camera HEIGHT
low/mid/high
PLAN OF ATTACK questions

•Camera LENS? Wide/Portrait

comp for shoot
have comp ready for planning
9
destination sizes requirements
Vertical Long Horizontal
Tall Horizontal
Square
lets talk money
Estimating, Pricing and Billing Overview
01 Who is job for

Photographer, Agency, Product Producer
02 what is Destination
Web, Print, Outdoor OOH
03 pricing
IMAGE count plus TIME
04 Billing
Terms
Business of Retouching
BACKGROUND Get retoucher involved EARLY
Cost of background
MASKING in background
(more expensive)
Shooting- BLUR PRINT
Adobe Stock
BACKGROUND
Printing inexpensive option compared
to MASKING OUT glass.
Shooting with image as backdrop
BLUR IMAGE for Printed Backdrop.
Printed BACKGROUND other options
props

Props Choose props wisely
-reflections
-size
-tint/tone
Advanced Content Aware and Cloning

which ANGLE?
which ANGLE?

Photoshoot

20
on Set
Capture Software
LightRoom Capture
Background management
Replace Bottle- (water fill)
Image Stacking
Image Coverage

Capture Software LIGHTROOM
Capture Software
Discuss WHAT format files you

will get from Photographer.
• Raw- with XMP

• DNG- Digital Negative Format
• Tiff with XMP applied

Background/s
White Sharp Blur Alternate

Water Level - coverage
Water Line
Line striped in as
water acts as LENS
and changes
reflections in
bottle.
Image Stacking ON set SAVES TIME ON COMPOSITING
StACKED NOT STACKED

Image Stacking ON set
http://www.heliconsoft.com/
StACKED NOT STACKED

Image Stacking IN POST PHOTOSHOP
1 Open Photoshop
2 Get each image on a separate layer: Under File, choose
Scripts and Load files into stack. Click Browse and select all the
images.
3 Check the box for Attempts to Automatically Align Source
Images.
4 Click OK and each of the images will open into a new layer in
Photoshop.
5 Open the Layer palette and select All Layers.
6 Under Edit, select Auto-Blend Layers.
7 Check the box for Stack Images and Seamless Tones and
Colors. Optionally, select Content Aware Fill Transparent
Areas, which will fill any transparent areas generated by
aligning images in step 3. (Be aware this will increase
processing time. Generally, I do not choose this option; rather, I
just crop the image slightly later, if necessary.)
8 Click OK
9 Flatten the image by selecting Layer/Flatten image and save.
Image Coverage
Mark locations of PROPS/Product and Shoot
individual plates, change out position of fruit.
Shoot bottle with/without liquid.
retouching

mark ups
communication
managing expectations
(retouching and time delivery)
spotting
Advanced Content Aware and Cloning

bag of
TRICKS
pre set up comps
Have all possible layouts
Have Background alternatives
Samples for color reference

PRODUCTION
WORKING IN PHOTOSHOP
file size LAYOUTS

color space ???
srgb Horizontal OOH/ Social media
adobe rob vertical (Ad)
colormatch Square (social media
bit depth: 8 16 32

folder naming convention
Assets Elements PHOTOS
hi res PHOTOS notes for clients

.XMP
stock PHOTOS
FONTS

folder naming convention
FOLDER Management
comps layouts
Assets Elements PHOTOS

.XMP
wips layered files
versions files to client

file naming convention
NAMING FILES
CLIENT NAME -(acronym)
JOB Number or Title
NAME of project
Wip working fee number
example: ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_w1a
client Job specific Art working File#

Show Name
file naming convention
comps layouts
ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_comp 15.lc.psd
wips layered files

ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_w1a.psb

ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_v1a.jpg
ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_v1a_CMYK.tiff
ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_v1a.psb.zip
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wips layered files
layered
Round 1
ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_v1a.jpg FLAT
ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_v1a_CMYK.tiff
Modified layers
ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_v1a.psb.zip
Round 2
ABC_JKL_KEYART_S2_v2a.tiff
Versions
TYPES of VERSION Files
versions
•FLAT RGB tiff
•FLAT Lo Res RGB (web)
•FLAT CYMK tiff (with/without type)
•Print file (sized for printer)
•jpgs
•Layered
•Simplifed Layered
• Layered Lo Res

Retouching/ Layer order

layer management
FILE BUILDING
crop/guides
TYPE
Grain/Sharpen
color correction
main subject
Background
file delivery
1 Finishing Touches to File
2 Quality Control
3 Packaging File/Assets
4 File/s Delivery
5 Communication with Client
get good
then
get fast
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Compositing for Commercial Photography

Compositing for Commercial Photography

OWNER / FINISHING STATION

PRE Shoot - planning RETOUCHING

Shooting- Approval process

PLAN OF ATTACK questions

Compositing for Commercial Photography

01 Who is job for

Shooting- BLUR PRINT

Compositing for Commercial Photography

Advanced Content Aware and Cloning

Compositing for Commercial Photography

Compositing for Commercial Photography

Replace Bottle- (water fill)

Compositing for Commercial Photography

Discuss WHAT format files you

• Raw- with XMP

Compositing for Commercial Photography

White Sharp Blur Alternate

Compositing for Commercial Photography

StACKED NOT STACKED

Compositing for Commercial Photography

StACKED NOT STACKED

Compositing for Commercial Photography

Compositing for Commercial Photography

Advanced Content Aware and Cloning

Have Background alternatives

Samples for color reference

Compositing for Commercial Photography

file size LAYOUTS

Compositing for Commercial Photography

hi res PHOTOS notes for clients

Compositing for Commercial Photography

Assets Elements PHOTOS

wips layered files

versions files to client

Compositing for Commercial Photography

client Job specific Art working File#

wips layered files

versions files to client

Compositing for Commercial Photography

Compositing for Commercial Photography

business of retouching color frequency separation

Compositing for Commercial Photography

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