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notes from a YouTube video by Paul Trans on Adobe Live - Photoshop Master Class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbyYN6D6Ar0 TIPS * double exposures are generally a subject, either person or animal and nature images *the best nature images to use with double exposure are images that go from dark to light or   dense to more sparse images  *also images with implied lines (don't need to outline entire subject) tend to be more dramatic and    eye catching * try changing blend mode, use clipping masks, use blend if * to make a group of layers that all are clipped to the subject - hold cmd and click on subject layer,           then with selection active, click add folder. then click add layer mask. now everything you put in that group will be clipped to subject. Example 1 starts with a dramatic portrait duplicates layer select subject and mask added a white color fill layer for background adds some trees on a new layer, and c...

these are notes from a YouTube video by Unmesh Linda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3zSUK7KK7c A Luminosity Mask is a mask based on brightness so you can tell photoshop that anything darker than 50% grey should be hidden (or black in the mask) by the mask. (or whatever brightness you determine) The Channels selection way to make Luminosity Masks the way most people teach how to make luminosity mask would be to go in channels, command + click the RGB channel and it selects everything brighter than 50% grey, then click mask icon then you can create any adjustment layer with that selection active and PS creates a mask, so the adjustment would only affect the selected pixels (brighter than 50% grey) to select anything brighter than 75% grey - command + shift + option and click the RGB channel to select only the darkest areas, select either 50% or 75% grey as above, then invert mask by shift + command + I to create luminosity masks, you would go in channels and command + c...

these are notes from a YouTube video by Lisa Carney at Adobe Max 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsa4KtHAAvo&t=928s She started with a ballerina photo, this is the final effect with a black square put on the mask to show the difference it made She stacked smart filters of camera raw - 1st glowing edges - 2nd oil paint - 3rd here are the camera raw settings with luminance & sharpening enhanced a lot     here is my before and after after I did the glowing edge filter, I control + click to change blending mode of that filter only to screen

notes from YouTube video by Jesus Ramirez on Adobe Live Daily Creative Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=nHaKhyOBaF4 these are basics, I will update as I learn more techniques you have a background then add text layer with text layer selected click 3D and New 3D Extrusion from selected layer if you are on move tool, you will see the 3D overlays, to hide them click on any other tool (or use keyboard shortcut, he uses V & M) bottom left corner of your screen has 3 tools orbit - which allows you to rotate the camera around the object pan - move the 3D object dolly - zoom in and out you have to hold down to use these tools, you can't just click on them perspective - the grey line on top of 3D grid is the horizon line to determine the horizon line on you image, look where all the converging lines meet Jesus has video on his PTC channel to help with perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoHfZFl65fo on the 3D object ...