Compositing Highlights, Shadows & Reflections in Photoshop

Learn how to place images into a new environments with Adobe Photoshop!. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to extract and incorporate shadows, highlights, and reflections for a realistic result.
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[@kixwho]

sooo well explained

[@jaimee.campuzanot.2702]

Thank you Aaron

[@davidstevensasidewayslook8831]

excellent tips

[@JeffGloverArts]

THANK YOU! What I like about your training is Phlearning the WHY instead of just WHAT to do! Layer Masks. and Blend Modes always give me trouble. This helps to clarify!

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We are all about the WHY ☺ Thanks for watching!

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[@MoreCreativeGFX]

Absolutely Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@ronak_maira_28]

thanks sir for this awesome tutorial

[@dandiehm8414]

Love the tutorials (longtime subscriber here). Your compositing tips are the best! Keep up the great work.

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thank you so much for your kind words!

[@dandiehm8414]

@@phlearnYou are quite welcome. I have learned most of my Photoshop knowledge from you - and use your techniques often in my work. I always remember , "C for the Crop Tool" and "S for the Close Stamp tool" from your many videos. Are you permanently in Mexico now? Has your Chicago studio closed?

[@murugan1960]

great, and clafired a lot regards, highlights, and shadows in blend mode thanks a lot.

[@colinyoung9432]

Great video Aaron, thank u...Colin.

[@AndreaMerchak]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[@vfx888]

Brilliant, thanks

[@kieoneyoungphotos]

Can you please do an updated version of 30 Days of phlearn!!

[@mazhar_hatake]

We can do the same using Blend If, right?

[@dassydoodles]

Don’t forget the reflection

[@Savagefool]

Is there any way to make a zoom circle when you click like that? So I don’t have to zoom in everytime I do everything precise?

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[@JosBlomsma]

Nice one, but it always shocks me to see you're working in such a destructive way 😱

[@craigpiferphotography]

I'm curious why you used the levels adjustment instead of using blend if to get it to blend better. It seems that it would do pretty much the same job, but might also give a bit more control.
Sadly I do this type of thing so infrequently that I don't know that I would even think to try to keep the shadows and highlights. Thank you.

[@phlearn]

Hey Craig! There are multiple methods and tools you can use to achieve the same results. In the end, it's what works best for you. 🤗

[@christopher8116]

I know there are many tutorials on levels but this explanation of it in this tutorial was good but short; is there is a more in-depth tutorial on levels that explains basically what is explained in this tutorial ?

[@phlearn]

Hey there! We would suggest taking a look at this tutorial:
phlearn.com/tutorial/30-days-photoshop-levels-curves/

[@zackconkle1871]

Say your background image is lower resolution than the image you are trying to composite, do you have any tutorials or tips about how to make a high resolution image look low resolution? There’s lots on the opposite, but sometimes the quality of one image is TOO high to match like adding someone/something into an old photo, but you want to retain the old photo size and resolution.

[@phlearn]

Hey Zack! This tutorial might be what you need
phlearn.com/tutorial/ai-super-scaling-graphic-integration-in-portraits/

[@sarvarbekshermatov7613]

this is the most hardest tutorial I have watched so far. It is seems so difficult as I am a beginner on Photoshop.

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[@peterj1376]

Just something I noticed. The reflection of the frame on the counter top doesn't show the picture, it shows as white before the photo was placed? 🤫

[@Lino1259]

Thanks to Robert Downey Jr. to teach me how to photoshop, really cool! 😎

[@phlearn]

🤣🤣 you're welcome!

[@peterj1376]

Another excellent tutorial but once again you speak too fast. I have to turn the playback speed down so I can keep up. I don't know whether others have this problem or it's just me.