The Weekday Edit: Creating Colorful Gradient Backgrounds in Photoshop with Weekend Creative
Get creative in 2024 by using the gradient tool! Join Arabela Espinoza and Elle Mott as they show you how easy it is to incorporate fun and colorful gradient backgrounds to your product photography in Adobe Photoshop. Learn to make clean selections, customize your colors, and turn a flat image into a vibrant one using the updated gradient tool. Arabela Espinoza is the Co-Founder of Weekend Creative, a Photographer and Art Director team based in the San Francisco Bay Area: https://www.behance.net/weekend-creative Elle Mott is the co-founder of Weekend Creative, and art director based in the San Francisco Bay Area: https://www.behance.net/weekend-creative Subscribe to the Adobe Live YT Channel: https://bit.ly/adobeliveyoutube Try out Adobe Express NOW: https://adobe.ly/tryAdobeExpress Subscribe to Adobe’s Podcast: https://adobe.ly/inthemaking ----- Join us LIVE on Behance: https://www.behance.net/adobelive Music by Chillhop Music: https://chillhop.ffm.to/creatorcred 00:00 Start 00:41 Project overview, gradients 03:45 Updated gradient tool vs classic in Photoshop 05:53 Select subject and refining selection 11:45 Refine edge brush 13:55 Adding solid background and using blending modes to add shadow back in 14:58 Adding gradient background instead of solid 17:24 Painting back in some details from the original photo in the mask 20:09 Starting with an image shot against a color background 22:01 Masking image, considerations when working with a colored background 27:16 Custom gradient, color picking from the tin 29:44 Bring back shadows adding them back into the mask with refine edge and applying mask to gradient as well 36:10 Painting in reflected colors on the tins to match the gradients 38:12 Masking third image adding a gradient to an image with a reflective surface 43:27 Adding gradient to top half of image above mask 46:33 Creating a second mask to reflect the gradient to the bottom half 50:37 Adding gradient to bottom half of image in the second mask 51:17 Chat Q&A solutions for printing gradients 54:39 Outro
