Compositing, Branding, and More! – Live from San Francisco on May 16th

Experience an immersive full-day event led by industry experts as they guide you through a dynamic live interactive experience! Join us this week to learn how to use Adobe Firefly to level up your compositing. Then, see how Adobe Express can help you speed up your content creation.

9am PST – Surreal Compositing: Learn from Ted Chin as he demonstrates how to use classic compositing techniques with the power of Generative Fill and Adobe Firefly.

10am PST – DIY Garden Party: Create branding for a garden party to celebrate spring! Learn how to start your design in Photoshop and transition to Adobe Express to add animation and build templates.

11am PST – Intermediate Compositing: Advance your compositing skills with ted Chin as he shows you how to mask, select, and tone your photos. Use Adobe Firefly Image Model 3 to add extra flair and level up your photos in a flash.

12pm PST – Create Content Fast: Save time by creating content in a flash in Adobe Express. Create templates and schedule your content to create all your content at once.

Ted Chin is a digital artist and photographer based in San Francisco, CA: https://www.tedslittledream.com/

Cory Allen Hall is a graphic designer and digital strategist based in Portland, OR: http://www.coryallenhall.com/

Anjali Viramgama is a software engineer and content creator based in Washington:   / anjaliviramgama  

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00:00 Start
1:10 Intros
4:00 Generating in Firefly
8:35 Browsing Adobe Stock
11:55 Structure reference tool
31:10 Generative expand
1:01:20 Intros
1:02:00 Today’s project
1:02:40 Who is Cory?
1:04:35 Cory’s design process
1:15:10 Creating an Instagram post in Photoshop
1:42:30 Creating an Instagram Story in Adobe Express
2:01:52 Project overview, previous stream recap
2:05:31 Generating ideas from the chat in Firefly on the web
2:08:42 How does Ted incorporate Firefly into his work,
2:09:31 Generative fill in Photoshop, browsing Adobe Stock to add elements
2:13:09 Using a reference image from Adobe Stock with generative fill
2:16:12 Select subject and refining mask, using adjustment layers to identify the light source
2:21:17 Moving masked elements, painting back in some elements
2:25:16 Matching lighting on castle to landscape painting in values
2:31:47 Modifying adjustment layers to further match lighting
2:34:49 Painting highlights on the overall composition to emphasize lighting
2:37:15 Adding dragon with generative fill, masking, discussing prompt tips
2:42:17 Masking and moving individual components of the dragon, painting shadows and highlights
2:45:29 Gradient maps for color correction
2:46:59 Cleaning up layers to bring art to Express
2:50:04 Exporting Photoshop layers, importing to Express
2:51:52 Animating in Express, where to find Photoshop beta
3:01:21 Anjali’s introduction and instagram
3:04:29 Creating a reel in Express using generative fill to change outfit
3:06:22 Importing and editing video footage
3:11:47 Deleting and moving footage, planning out story
3:14:22 Selecting transitions in Express
3:16:34 Setting up before photos in reel, rearranging and timing them
3:19:27 Creating after photos changing outfit with generative fill in Express
3:31:03 Importing 3 after photos to reel
3:33:30 Download reel, uploading to Express caption video
3:36:12 Styling captions and exporting reel
3:41:23 Starting a new reel from a template
3:43:08 Replacing elements in template to create a new reel
3:45:01 Changing illustrated elements and colors, removing background
3:47:49 Translating captions in an editable file
3:49:04 Scheduling posts
3:54:05 Recap and outro