Match Lighting for Composites with this SECRET Tool!

[@phlearn]

For our Pham asking about the Cut Out Hair Technique, it is exclusive to our PRO tutorial. You can find that here: phlearn.com/tutorial/cut-hair-photoshop/

[@michaelmannucci8949]

Just so everyone knows, for transparencies sake, the tutorial he mentions with the more advanced techniques seems to be not so much CUTTING OUT hair, but ADDING hair back. It seems like a bit of false advertising, since he says "cutting out hair", when really he's making a cut out and then using brushes to recreate hair.

[@mucksnapper]

This might be the best method of lighting for noobies especially. Most tutorials just have you eyeballing with a black and white mask not realizing us newer folk don't have an eye for that yet. So having something technical like this is amazing. Liked and subscribed.. thank you.

[@phlearn]

thank you so much! and welcome to the phamily!

[@agnimitroghosh94]

Great tutorial Aaron, Phlearn is one of those channels which never runs out of ideas.

[@alexpgfx]

I used to do all that by eye with a BW filter. Now, with that technique, I can make much more precise lighting corrections on my composites! Thanks Phlearn for teaching me something new everyday.

[@maia3058]

I'm really curious to hear about your hair selection method, care to share? This technique was very helpful

[@mykemorbius]

There's actually a link in the description.

[@nlopedebarrios]

Aaron, you are the GOAT

[@conansredbowtie]

Yay I don't have to eyeball everything anymore. Great tip.

[@perkinwarbeck4006]

It is tutorials like this that bring me back again and again to Phlearn. I always know that if this channel has a tutorial on a subject I am all set.

[@77dris]

This is fantastic. I've been doing composites for 15 years and this is still new to me. Thanks, Phlearn!

[@matthiasnickerson3058]

I'm an artistic designer thats been using photoshop for 24 years since 1996 and I'm still learning new things all the time lol. The adobe suite is so massive. As rapid as technology grows and with adobe constantly working to add new features I don't think anyone will fully know the ins and outs of it. Just stop using photoshop for 6 months. When you come back to it there will be a huge list of new features and changes

[@Crystan]

It's so hard to find good Photoshop tutorials on KZbin, and this is an excellent plain-English tutorial. Thanks for sharing.

[@lufusol]

Astounding. I used this to take found photos of blue roan horses and match their light levels to an existing horse texture for skyrim which I used as my template. Then did some compositing and a little while later I now have the first and only (to my knowledge) Blue Roan in Skyrim. You da bomb

[@danielleshelbourne220]

Thank you so much, that tutorial was super helpful. I appreciate the time and effort you put into making such a quality tutorial. 😊

[@NikoPikoWiko]

Best not be holding back on that new masking technique son!!!

[@MrInneressence2]

You nailed it with this tutorial.......what a technique!!!!!!

[@dunkeshon2309]

wow, that’s super useful

[@josephhargrove4319]

Great tutorial on how to use the Threshold adjustment layer, which I've hitherto ignored, as a luminosity balancing tool. I also see the Threshold adjustment layer being used to generate layer masks. thanks, richard hargrove -- It doesn't stop being magic just because you find out how its done. Terry Pratchett. The Wee Free Men.

[@diydad6723]

im a total newbie at photoshop, i am so glad i subbed to this channel great work aaron

[@cedricrhomberg]

Helped a lot. Thank you.

[@marianodemiguel3442]

Basically you are adjusting the light levels of the subject with the Level (luminosity) adj layer using the threshold layer as your guide.

[@robertotcr]

I've seen this a time ago and I'm back for remembering and you are such a great teacher hehe

[@wawanbalik]

Awesome technique Aaron, thanks a lot! Take care and stay safe all of you.

[@hiteshchhetri840]

Awesome technique....I Was always using black and white adjustment layer for matching the lights on composite

[@enthusiaticbeginner]

Excellent thanks, Aaron! This works equally well in Affinity Photo.

[@alasdairmunro2947]

Great tutorial.

[@MetalAges]

Great tips, helped me with a composite I was working on today - thanks!

[@adolfousiermarketstars6765]

love the channel 📸

[@dinanazari2154]

Ahhhh this is exactly what I was looking for, nicely explained, quick and easy step by step tutorial. Thank youuuuuu!!

[@FatehMuhammadRaja]

One of my favourite teacher

[@kochavigivoni5814]

Wow, unbelievable!!! Thank you very much!

[@vanakamthamizha2940]

Super Duper ... Trick. Thanks a lot

[@surewin1773]

Super helpful!

[@sree18697]

great. What is the new technique to cut hair????

[@HoppeTravelDiaries]

Great tip Aaron. Just for all the free tutorials

[@caryandrae9952]

This is a very good technique in doing composites. Excellent tutorial👍👍😊

[@KayaYasar]

I loved this analytical approach.

[@andrewgrabham4666]

Awesome tip! Thanks for posting Aaron!

[@monealiza7553]

Brilliant! i've always wondered what th ebest use of threshold is!

[@darwinsape9901]

Fantastic Aaron - many thanks for sharing

[@socc3r7k1ng]

Yea, video on the hair selection method. I've been using the "select subject" mode and it works pretty good for hair.

[@agambhasin]

Wow!!! Simply Wow!!! Aptly my photoshop guru!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@osmarlucas4418]

Amazing as usual!

[@surakartavector7420]

great mentor

[@veselinvasilev9362]

Thank you!

[@bryantubola9436]

I love this tutorial! really amazing

[@photoshopartchannel8733]

Superb video! From now on your channel will always be mentioned in my videos description. Thanks!!

[@ScottWilliamsPhotography]

Great video as usual. Another tool for the box :)

[@Pankaj-Verma-]

Thank you so much for your kind help!

[@wilbmoore]

Most excellent Aaron.

[@marcosmorales266]

you guys rock.

[@grndezyns]

So useful, pretty easy, and better than "eyeballing" it.

[@MakedaMonava]

This is EXACTLY what I'm looking for. I need a CC 2021 update. Still very helpful.

[@speterlewis]

Stunningly helpful!

[@bigkreativ]

Love your Videos! You have so much Knowledge 👍👍

[@MJA6995]

Great lighting technique for composites!!! Thanks A-A-Ron!!!! lol

[@nirajfilms1040]

amazing technique phlearn..!!!

[@gregoryroth5527]

Genius as always!

[@yeagershots]

Wowza!

[@jason_swet]

So you’re using threshold kinda like you would zebras on a camera? Really cool.

[@specialized41]

Thanks Aaron, nice tutorial.!!

[@hvijay7059]

Nice tip 🙂

[@bradyamundson937]

Freaking brilliant! Thanks, Aaron Nace w/ Phlearn!

[@SpecialBrewCan]

Pure genius!

[@rinnobs5822]

Wow gr8 sir i really liked the way u teach.

[@ahmedattia5282]

thank u so much

[@zirotilc]

that's a BIG help, thanks

[@make_up_the_eye376]

I love You Aaron Nice! So freaking awesome, professional and fun in one

[@SidneyPratt]

Thanks.

[@fordistu]

Awesome, please make a tutorial how to prepare and print a big photo for fine art exhibition!

[@AlphaCentauri24]

Thanks for the tut.

[@dleivam]

Awesome.. Really good technic, thank you.

[@giddyjr]

U inspired me aaron nace..subscriber from philippines..love

[@kaisar500]

What is the new technique to cut out hair? any tutorial about this technique?

[@khalidalneeamy319]

thanks Aaron I want more about Threshold thanks

[@mayankpatel5393]

I found this is very useful thank you

[@rinaldboronbaev7261]

Thanks master Photoshop! 👌

[@GKOALA7]

Hey, Aaron. Do you still have all the older episodes of PHLEARN available somewhere? Those had a ton of great PS information on them that I always went back to for real cool techniques that I could not have found anywhere else.

[@SalimChauhan]

"...Cause it's lighting everything - it's the light" - made me chuckle

[@tahirnazir1773]

U r great dear sir

[@emrahy.849]

uww liked it ...THANKS...keep it babe :)

[@elsa3dany1]

Thank you sir!

[@Vilhelm3989]

Great video. Please also make one on your new hair selection technique :)

[@nikosemmanouilidis3926]

fantastic trick !! helps alooot!!!!

[@layZ2BPnoy]

Using this lighting technique, please make a video on how to swap faces from different people on different photos!

[@opaulinho5420]

Wow.. thanks a lot. Would you have a video "how to match color"??

[@thomaskumi678]

i love it great work

[@Ray-sv6ns]

Thank you 😭🙏 it’s sooooooo helpfully

[@yoga9751]

very helpful thank you sir !

[@SilvinaZi]

This was amazing!!! thank you for sharing :)

[@bobbiz3085]

Super helpfull tip here :O thanks a lot

[@YT-XD]

omg omg you are so great ! Pride !

[@Sagerb0mb]

Hey Aaron, u think about starting Illustrator tutorials at all? Or do u recommend anyone that does any to the level of your content?

[@shonuff4323]

Brilliant!

[@stegoeggo]

I was hoping you’d cover color matching as well

[@drminafx]

Great, work

[@goguma_shike]

So cooool! Thank you so much :)

[@wendyarthur3941]

I love your videos. I have learned so much. Quick question, I have a friend who wants me to add 2 people to an image. The image was taken outdoors in sunlight. The addition image was taken indoors. Will this technique help match these two completely different light situations? If not, any ideas on how or if I can match these images to the same lighting?

[@jopezu]

i'm adding to the requests for the hair technique! the nace method.

[@stuartschaffner9744]

Really nice Aaron! However, when you adjusted the highlights you darkened the pants to match the sky. That’s fine, but it leaves the entire image with a gray light point. Not nice, especially as October glides past toward November. Same with the black point. This is probably the safest method, but you then need a global levels adjustment layer to get true black and white points.

[@ED-es2qv]

Thanks, but I'm not catching what you're actually adjusting before you check it again. I've gotten the threshold thing down so I can make the differences show, I just keep rewatching and I can't see what you're doing to the levels.