i FIRST LEARNED ABOUT CREATING COMPOSITES ON MY COLLEGE CLASSES IN VENTURA COLLEGE.
i TOOK AN INTRO PHOTOSHOP CLASS, AND A FEW MONTHS AFTER I COMPLETED THAT AND A FEW OTHER INTRO DIGITAL ART CLASSES I MANAGED TO IMPRESS A COMPANY AND LANDED A JOB AS A MEDIA TECHNICIAN, doing a mix of photo, video, and website editing work.
FABRICMATE SYSTEMS, INC., THE COMPANY I WORKED FOR, SOLD CUSTOMIZEABLE ACOUSTIC PANELS THAT IS APPLIED ON WALLS AND COVERED IN FABRIC. NOT ONLY WERE THE PANELS ACOUSTIC BUT IS ALSO TACKABLE AND PROVIDES WALL PROTECTION.
ONE OF MY JOBS WERE TO EMULATE OUR PANELS INTO PHOTOS OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AREAS involving home, offices, hallways, tennis courts, etc.
AT THIS JOB IS WHERE I LEARNED DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CREATING COMPOSITES IN PHOTOSHOP.
SIMPLE COMPOSITES
MY FIRST COMPOSITES CONSIST OF USING BLANK WALLS THAT FACED DIRECTLY TO THE CAMERA. tHIS MADE IT SIMPLE FOR ME TO APPLY A FABRIC PATTERN ON THE PANEL. nEXT i USED BEVEL & EMBOSS AND DROP SHADOW EFFECTS TO EMPHASIZE DEPTH AND THICKNESS OF THE PANEL. LASTLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART WAS APPLYING BLEND MODES TO THE PANEL TO CREATE THAT REALISTIC LIGHTING EFFECT WITHIN THE PHOTO.
COMPOSITES WITH PERSPECTIVE
i LATER LEARNED TO APPLY PERSPECTIVE FOR MY NEXT COMPOSITES. PERSPECTIVE CAN BE ACHIEVED BY QUITE A FEW TOOLS IN PHOTOSHOP, SUCH AS THE PERSPECTIVE WARP TOOL , BUT MY FAVORITE WAY WAS USING THE VANISHING POINT FILTER.
COMPOSITES WITH GRAPHICS
THE COMPANY ALSO SOLD PANELS WITH CUSTOM PRINTED GRAPHICS. iT WAS NOT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO CREATE COMPOSITES FOR, BUT i CREATED HUNDREDS OF THESE COMPOSITES.
COMPOSITES WITH MORE OBJECTS
sINCE OUR PANELS HAD TACKABLE QUALITIES, I HAD TO DEMONSTRATE ON OUR COMPOSITES EXACTLY THAT. I ADDED POST-IT NOTES, POSTERS, DECORATIONS, PHOTOS (IRONICALLY),ALSO THEIR PINS, ALL GROUPED TOGETHER WITH THEIR OWN SHADOWS AND BLENDING MODES. THIS MADE OUR COMPUTERS SLOWER AS I ADDED MORE DETAILS TO THE COMPOSITES.
ADVANCED COMPOSITES
THESE COMPOSITES I HAD THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME ON BUT ALSO THE MOST FUN. MY GOAL WAS TO SHOW THE FRAME THAT HELD THE FABRIC OF THE PANEL TOGETHER. i HAD TO CREATE THE FRAME AND STAPLES THAT HELD IT OUT OF NOTHING BUT ALL MY ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE, SUCH AS LIGHTING, LIGHTING TEMPERATURE, AND ALL OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT I'VE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
most of my composite work can be found at: