Course details
Learn How to Edit Milky Way Photos!
Master the art of creating dramatic Milky Way photos though advanced editing techniques to create images with low noise and pinpoint stars, and add drama to really make the Milky Way pop and glow. This courseteaches editing in Lightroom andPhotoshopandassumes you alreadyknow how to shoot Milky Way photos.
This course is actually 3 video courses in 1!
We will start by examining the workflow for Milky Way photos that involve separate exposures for the sky and foreground.We will focus on blending separate short exposures for the sky with longer exposures for the foregroundto create an image with pinpoint stars and a well exposed, in focus foreground, allwith low noise. A working knowledge of shooting Milky Way photos is assumed, we will touch brieflyon camera techniques but this course is about post-processing and does not teach everything you need to know about shooting the Milky Way. However, this course will be helpful even if you haven't shot any Milky Way photos yet, as it will teach you some best practices for high quality photos, and what is possible with detailed editing.
After the detailed workflow example, we will then jump into creative editing techniques for really bringing your photos to life and making the MilkyWay pop!
Section 1 -Landscape Astrophotography Editing Workflow:Start to Finish Milky Way
In thissection youll learn my start-to-finish workflow for a Milky Way landscape photo. Focusing on a single Milky Way image made up of multiple exposures, well walk through the entire process of prepping the raw files, star stacking the sky exposures, blending the sky and foreground exposures, applying noise reduction, and some final creative edits.
Topics Covered:
- Camera settings
- Workflow basics
- White balancing a night sky with airglow
- Sharpening foreground images
- Lens corrections
- Star stacking for pinpoint stars and low noise - manually in Photoshop (Mac and Windows) vs the more automated way with Starry Landscape Stacker (Mac Only)
- Basic and advanced blending with masks
- Dodging and burning with luminosity painting
- Preventing blown out stars when adjusting sky contrast
Section 2 -Milky Way Creative Edits Vol1
Enhance your Milky Way photos and draw attention to the details using creative editing techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop. Learn tips to bring out tones, adjust contrast, and fix problematic areas, such as unwanted color casts. Using three photos, well work through common edits and give you the tools you need to take your images even further.
Topics Covered:
- Start to finish RAW workflow on a single image
- Creative editing examples with 3 images
- Editing in Lightroom & Photoshop
- Using levels and curves in Photoshop
- Fixing color problems
Section 3 -Milky Way Creative Edits Vol2:Making the Milky Way Pop
Learn how to make your Milky Way photos pop and glow with these Photoshop techniques! Well cover some basic and advanced edits to explore how to really make the Milky Way come to life with blending modes. Learn orton glow and blending tricks!
Topics Covered:
- Creative editing examples with 3 images in Photoshop
- An explanation of the blend modes well use
- Using levels adjustments in Photoshop
- Using levels with blend modes
- Using orton effects to create glow
- Using Adobe Camera Raw as a smart filter in Photoshop
- Advanced masking techniques to control edits
