This course concentrates HEAVILY on using masks and selections. But it’s a compositing course first and foremost. That means every selection is meant for a composite. Because of that, it doesn’t cover every single masking and selection tool possible (like Channels or the Pen Tool), only the ones I need to get the job done for a composite.

Oh wow… This course is VERY different. First, that book was written almost over 7 years ago. While the basics of compositing haven’t changed much, I think its application has. In my book, about 80% of the 16 projects primarily concentrated on studio lit composites that were photographed on a simple background with a composite in mind. In this course I flipped that percentage around totally. Almost every project in this course is something that wasn’t originally photographed to be a composite, but I show you the key concepts to learn how to select the right photos and work with them to make some great looking images.

Another BIG area that makes this course different from the book is that I walk you through many of my failures on the way to success. Just as much as you’ll see what works, you’ll also see what didn’t work, why, and how I worked around it – something I wasn’t able to do while writing a book.

The Photoshop System was created for a beginner level Photoshop user. It kind of like a huge reference guide for Photoshop and teaches layers, masking, selections, and the tools of Photoshop for some one just starting out. This course is an intermediate level course. It doesn’t cover basics. It’s assumed you already know how to use the tools, and it moves at a slightly faster pace as it covers the more artistic and creative side of compositing.