Create a Photo Composite With Filter Forge and Photoshop

Create a Photo Composite With Filter Forge and Photoshop

on Oct 30th 2012 with 9 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Estimated Completion Time: 25 Minutes
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Apps Used: Adobe Photoshop/Filter Forge

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This tutorial walks you through the process of creating a photo composite using portrait photography with Photoshop and Filter Forge. We will start by isolating the subject in Photoshop, then we will show how to use Filter Forge to generate a variety of digitally rendered textures that we will use to create foreground and background elements for our composite. Let’s get started!

Filter Forge is a powerful third-party plugin that allows you to apply over 4,000 amazing effects to your images, and even create your own. To learn more about Filter Forge, you can visit their website, download the trial version of the software, or check out their filter gallery.

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Editor’s note: This tutorial was sponsored by Filter Forge.

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I'm a creative industry enthusiast with passions for design, photography, and digital imaging. I've worked in this field for over 15 years and been lucky enough to work with companies like Apple, Nokia, Google, HP, and many others. I currently work as a graphic designer and photographer for Duarte Design a leading presentation design agency. If I'm not working, then I'm probably exploring abandoned places to take photographs of or spending time with my wife and our amazing little daughter. Oh, and I love pizza.  

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  • creativebeacon

    I always thought about trying out Filter Forge, but I often wondered how often I would actually use it. Thank you Mark, for showing us some really cool work with a real textured flair!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1157749523 Mark Heaps

      Thank you for the kind words, and you’re very welcome. I have done a full series of sponsored tutorials showcasing Filter Forge as part of the workflow. For me the textures, and variety of controls make it really valuable as a tool. I’m excited to see what the new version can do, I’m really keeping my fingers crossed that it can be applied to smart objects so I can use some of this with video.

  • shamim

    Superb post and thanks to share..

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1157749523 Mark Heaps

      Thank you!

  • hasan

    Nice Photoshop..thanks for super share..

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1157749523 Mark Heaps

      Thank you Hasan!

  • Gilles

    As usual, awesome tutorial and nice techniques.
    Just for info, what is the size of your screen ? it seems a huge one. !!
    Thanks for the reply.
    Gilles

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1157749523 Mark Heaps

      Hey Gilles, it’s the 27″ imac. I run at the highest resolution so that when I do zoom ins they still look crisp when I render out the video. :)

  • Cisco

    Thanks a lot.

    But i would know how to do the light source (layer 2 Soft Light) ?