You're reading from Unlock Your Creativity with Photopea Edit and retouch images, and create striking text and designs with the free online software

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801816649

Length 478 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Image Editing

Author (1):

Michael Burton

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Started With Photopea

2. Chapter 1: Taking Your Design and Editing to the Next Level with Photopea FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Creating and Working with Image Editing Documents in Photopea

4. Chapter 3: Navigating and Utilizing the Workspace

5. Chapter 4: Layer Management: Creating, Organizing, and Applying Advanced Features

6. Chapter 5: Understanding Selection Fundamentals

7. Part 2: Digital Imaging, Design Techniques, and Other Software

8. Chapter 6: Color Theory and Application

9. Chapter 7: Using and Creating Brushes

10. Chapter 8: Photo Retouching Techniques

11. Chapter 9: Exploring Advanced Image Compositing Techniques

12. Chapter 10: Text Fundamentals and Styling in Photopea

13. Chapter 11: Pre-Designed Templates, Extra Effects, and Features Overview

14. Part 3: Drawing Figures, Creating a Logo, and Other Features

15. Chapter 12: Advanced Color Techniques

16. Chapter 13: Bonus: How to Draw and Paint a Figure and Character

17. Chapter 14: Bonus: How to Create a Logo

18. Chapter 15: Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices

19. Index

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What are Image Composites?

Image Composites are accomplished by combining two or more images, such as a photograph, along with 3d assets and design elements, to create a new image or composition. Great examples of Image Composites are movie posters, advertisements, collages, and illustrations. They can capture and express different modes and movements and depict different eras or unique genres, such as fantasy, sci-fi, and horror.

Image Composites can also be used to help concept artists and illustrators devise ideas without having to depend on working out ideas from scratch.

With image compositing, artists can develop ideas for a new creature or character for character design, by swapping out different fashion and clothing, anatomical and facial features from many different photos of people, cultures, and customs.

A similar approach can be applied to creature design – using and swapping images of animals, insects, and creature’s features and anatomical makeup...