Photoshop and Photography Digital Art Compositing Course (Udemy.com)
Learn Adobe Photoshop CC and photography by designing levitation digital art composites from four photoshoots.
Created by: Chad Neuman, Ph.D.
Last updated May 2020
What you will learn
- Use effective layering, selections, masking, and other tools to edit photos using Adobe Photoshop.
- Take effective photos using appropriate backgrounds, props, and poses.
- Exercise creativity in photography and digital art.
- Adjust color, lighting, and other effects in Adobe Photoshop for better photos and digital art.
Course Description
Learn Photoshop and photography by designing levitation digital art!
In this course, you will learn industry-standard editing techniques in Photoshop and learn the fundamentals and beyond for effective photography, all while having fun producing digital art.
You'll learn from our four photoshoots for levitation digital art: a vintage studio, a sand dunes scene with smoke, a university architecture scene, and a rundown building with sparklers.
Each of the four sections has two projects to follow along with, after learning from the photoshoots. This course comes with 16 JPEG images to produce the levitation effect using a variety of techniques, 36 PSD Photoshop files to learn from, and helpful handouts, including a PDF on common Photoshop shortcuts, a PDF on Photoshop file types, and a 21-page PDF on photography fundamentals.
After learning from the four photoshoots and multiple follow-along Photoshop projects in each section, you put what you learned into practice by producing a final project of levitation digital art with your own photos.
Check out the sample videos for more information on the course and our bios for information on our qualifications!
See you in the course!
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Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
483 Reviews
Chad Neuman, Ph.D.
I love seeing students succeed in their designs, photos, productions, artistic work, and careers.
Do you want to learn become a better designer or communicator? Do you want to learn industry-standard editing and effects in Photoshop? Do you want to create logos for your brand or for clients? Do you want to learn new skills that are in demand in the new digital economy?
I'm passionate about communication, writing, art, and design education, and I'm currently a full-time professor of communication and digital media. I've developed curriculum and taught classes on design, photography, and writing for over a decade. My university students have become full-time, award-winning photographers, web designers, creative specialists, reporters, and layout designers. And now, you can learn from me as well!
Get started by enrolling in my courses, learning new skills and knowledge, and asking me questions in the courses and forums.
My Three-Part Qualifications to Teach You (Professional Experience, Education, and Experience Teaching):
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Reviews
By Lurline Slater on 11/29/2021
When masking out the tool I had checks instead of the grey. Played over and over again to see if I missed something but couldn't find it.
By Steve Burger on 11/16/2020
I enjoyed the course, found it useful and overall learned a lot. I would recommend this class, my only comment would be the content showing the actual shoots could have been edited down for time savings and tended to drag out a bit long. Insight into shoot set up, pose, etc. was great, but just could use some tightening up.
By Rich Collinson on 7/12/2020
This class was very well done, starting with the photographic shooting and the excellent Photoshop processing. Really enjoyed this course. Only negative comment would be all the projects dealt with levitation. Would have been nice to do other types of photo composting.
By Henry Kujda on 4/1/2020
Yes, I learnt some new techniques. The tuition is a bit quick and I couldn't work out how to merge two images using the drag and drop method despite going over the instructions a few times. I resorted to cut and paste.
By Lawrence J Gantner on 3/28/2020
Its funny you can be well versed in PS and already I have found new ways of doing things I struggled with. Fun to create in camera and finish off a great project in PS. Thanks enjoyed your teaching style.
By Wisdom Ayekpa on 5/23/2019
i'm absolutely new to Photoshop and photography aside the normal picture taking with phones! i must congratulate you for this great course. now i'm getting everything like an expert. looking forward to doing full Photoshop tutorials with you! ready to pay
By Stéphane DUPOND on 3/11/2019
Après plusieurs cours sur les techniques, ce cours m'a apporté une vraie touche d'artiste photo intéressante à suivre et quelques astuces de travail tout en suivant avec curiosité une séance de shooting. Photographe comme prof de technique Photoshop, les 2 sont sympathiques et pédagogiques et c'es appréciable d'avoir des exemples de ces belles photos pour travailler. Enfin les explications sur les résultats obtenus avec différents réglages focale, ISO, etc sont très parlants pour les novices.
By L. Rodríguez on 2/16/2019
Está siendo muy claro y preciso. Yo creo que lo recomendaría para empezar de cero en hacer este tipo de fotografías que impresionan tanto dentro de lo que se ve en fotografía de moda y de lo que se consume hoy en día en términos de fotografía.
By Joseph Kassay on 6/23/2018
Excellent pace, excellent visual aid and content. Direct clear directions that are easy to replicate. Clear directions with instant results when following along, which became contagious and inspiring.
By Qamar Faisal on 7/10/2017
Great Course by Dr Chad and Photographer Christine. Course is straight to the point and very informative. I really like the real action in the studio where Ms. Christine interact with the model and communicate. The course gives an insight about real world situation. thanks so much. I highly recommend this course.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












