January 31, 2019
The 2019 SXSW Film Festival is almost upon us and we can’t wait to have you here! Before you make your way down to Austin, TX get to know films from our lineup a little bit better with our Filmmaker In Focus series. Dive into our Q&A with director Andrew Hevia, as he tells us about his film Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window, which will world premiere in the Visions screening section.
In your own words, what does this film mean to you?
Andrew Hevia: To me, Leave the Bus through the Broken Window is about a personal journey coming to terms with and processing change.
What motivated you to tell this story?
AH: There are two answers to this question. The first is that this is a personal story that I created as a way to process what I was going through during an emotionally difficult time. I had just gotten out of a relationship that had gone completely sideways and I decided that I would not enter a new one until I had figured out how I could avoid repeating past mistakes. The act of crafting the film was how I came to understand myself. The second is that I was committed to making a documentary that was the inverse of every project I had ever made before. I had limited resources when I started the project and resolved to work within those limits to discover an unconventional approach to the film. The challenge inspired me to keep going and keep digging – both eternally and, more crucially, internally.
What do you want the audience to take away?
AH: I’d love for the audience to connect with the central character and empathize with that journey. Also, that Hong Kong is a beautiful, complicated city with a thriving community of artists.
How did you find your subject??
AH: I am the primary subject of the film, so that was the easy part!
What made you choose SXSW to showcase your film to the world?
AH: The first feature film I ever edited, a movie called No Matter What, premiered at SXSW nearly a decade ago. Since then, I’ve had a number of great experiences at the festival, mostly as a producer on other projects. For my directorial debut, there was no other festival in my mind that could support me as a filmmaker like SXSW. SX has been an essential part of my filmmaker journey and world premiering in Austin is a dream come true and a great full circle moment.
Add Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window to your SXSW Schedule. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we share more interviews with our SXSW 2019 filmmakers!
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Leave the Bus Through the Open Window – Photo by Andrew Hevia
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January 31, 2019
With the SXSW Trade Show just around the corner, we’re excited to announce the first Next Stage programming highlights for 2019!
Next Stage Presented by Playbook takes place within the Trade Show in the Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 4. Drawing inspiration from the creative industries, Next Stage features presentations and performances that span the overall themes of Interactive, Film, and Music. These sessions showcase the inventive, emerging talent participating at SXSW, including cross-industry panels with diverse speakers and intimate showcases from official SXSW Showcasing Artists.
Health and Wealth in the Music Business
Playbook
You cannot sustain a career in music if you are not healthy. If you want to have a long and fruitful career in this world of temptation and excess, you need partners to help you stay focused during the days when you cannot afford a personal trainer, nutritionist, or wellness coach. We will dive into the reasons why Playbook places an important emphasis on the development and growth of artists from both a mental and lifestyle perspective, and the program we have developed for our artists, agents and managers to face and overcome these challenges. In discussing lifestyle, one important aspect we will address is stress — along with the benefits of uncomplicating and de-stressing your business life, and how these goals can be achieved.
Session Info
Royalties, Data & Starting Up a Music Investment Fund
The Music Fund | Speakers: John Funge, Thomas Jerde
This year The Music Fund launches, using data science to forge a new market allowing investors to support musicians in the long tail. We’ll discuss what we’ve learned about starting an artist-friendly business, launching an investment fund, pricing royalties using data, and meeting the needs of the developing musician in an artist-first, scalable way. Topics will include findings from the data, legal and operational issues with collecting and dividing royalties, and our experience as part of the Techstars Music startup accelerator.
Session Info
Predictions for the Budding Cannabis Industry
Speaker: Matthew Morgan (Kulture Co.)
Matthew Morgan — serial entrepreneur and leader in cannabis — talks to us about the state of cannabis in 2019. Matt will discuss keys to being successful in the marijuana space, pitfalls to avoid, and how to build a cannabis company from zero to $100 million in revenue in 3.5 years. Matt will share some insider tips and the story of how he went from a farm boy raised in Montana to one the leading cannabis entrepreneurs in the world!
Session Info
Check out the full Next Stage programming schedule. Be on the lookout for updates to the Next Stage programming in the coming weeks!
Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.
Photo by Hannah Varnell
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January 31, 2019
We’re another week closer to SXSW 2019 and eager to share more 2019 SXSW Music Festival programming with you. In case you missed it, on Monday we announced KOCCA’s seventh annual SXSW Showcase, Korea Spotlight, featuring YG Entertainment’s iKON making their North American debut, rising pop star CHUNG HA, and SM Entertainment/ScreaM Records super-producer Hitchhiker. More showcase announcements on the way soon!
This week’s artist additions include Secretly Canadian’s rock trio Cherry Glazerr, legendary singer-songwriter Steve Earle & the Dukes, Norwegian hip-hop act Pasha, acapella revivalist Madison McFerrin, New West Records’ indie-psych-rock group The Nude Party, Blur guitarist and folk artist Graham Coxon, and Terrible Records’ synthy pop act Claud.
Discover Showcasing Artists
- Jam along to SXSWfm’s specialty show highlighting artists from today’s Weekly Round-up
- Follow the official SXSW 2019 Music Festival playlists on Apple Music and Spotify
- Stream our SXSW 2019 Showcasing Artists Music Videos playlist on YouTube
- Dive into the Showcasing Artist lineup on the SXSW Schedule, where you can find everything going on in March and favorite the artists you are most interested in seeing at SXSW 2019
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2019 SXSW Showcasing Artists
Everything subject to change.
Adam Ostrar (Austin TX)
Altameda (Edmonton CANADA)
Andy Jenkins (Richmond VA)
Artimus (Atlanta GA)
Artux Surfin Boi (AKIN X VISUDY) (Xinjiang CHINA)
Baby FuzZ (Montreal CANADA)
Banditos (Nashville TN)
Bathe (Brooklyn NY)
Ben Dickey (Little Rock AR)
Blessed (Abbotsford CANADA)
Blushh (Los Angeles CA)
BLXPLTN (Austin TX)
Bonnie Whitemore (Denton TX)
Broder John (Umeå SWEDEN)
BUHU (DJ Set) (Austin TX)
Caleb Brown (Baton Rouge LA)
Carson McHone (Austin TX)
Catastrophie (Los Angeles CA)
Chagall (London UK-ENGLAND)
Cherry Glazerr (Los Angeles CA)
Christy Hays (Austin TX)
CHUNG HA (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Claire George (Los Angeles CA)
Claud (Chicago IL)
Colde (Gangnam SOUTH KOREA)
Criminal Hygiene (Los Angeles CA)
Deanna Wheeler (Austin TX)
Dehd (Chicago IL)
Disq (Madison WI)
DJ Hella Yella (Austin TX)
DJ Taye (Chicago IL)
Dreamer Boy (Nashville TN)
Easy Life (Leicester UK-ENGLAND)
Emilie Kahn (Montreal CANADA)
Epilogio (San Juan PUERTO RICO)
Estefi Areas (Mexico City MEXICO)
Frankie and the Witch Fingers (Los Angeles CA)
Gabriel Royal (New York NY)
General Smiley (Los Angeles CA)
Gong Gong Gong (Beijing CHINA)
Graham Coxon (London UK-ENGLAND)
Hillsburn (Halifax CANADA)
Hitchhiker (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Hothead (Baltimore MD)
iKON (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Ishto Juevez (Guatemala GUATEMALA)
Izaak Opatz (Los Angeles CA)
Kai Exos (Toronto CANADA)
Katzù Oso (Los Angeles CA)
Kevin Galloway (Austin TX)
KIRARA (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Longriver (Austin TX)
Madison McFerrin (Brooklyn NY)
Mikey Erg (Old Bridge NJ)
The Nude Party (Brooklyn NY)
Olivia Neutron-John (Philadelphia PA)
Pasha (Oslo NORWAY)
Paul Cherry (Chicago IL)
Pehuenche (Monterrey MEXICO)
Prateek Kuhad (New Delhi INDIA)
The Red Pears (El Monte CA)
*repeat repeat (Nashville TN)
Reyna Tropical (Los Angeles CA)
Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis (Chicago IL)
Robert Ellis (Austin TX)
ROLO MX (Monterrey MEXICO)
Russian Baths (Brooklyn NY)
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers (Chapel Hill NC)
Sick Thoughts (New Orleans LA)
Spiral Stairs (Stockton CA)
Stef Chura (Detroit MI)
Steve Earle & the Dukes (New York NY)
Sundrifter (Boston MA)
Thelma and The Sleaze (Nashville TN)
Tia Carrera (Austin TX)
Too Free (Washington DC)
True Creature (Vancouver CANADA)
Valley Maker (Seattle WA)
The Wants (Brooklyn NY)
Young Poc (Chengdu CHINA)
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Everything subject to change.
Photo credits, clockwise from top left:
The Nude Party – Photo by CJ Harvey
CHUNG HA – Photo courtesy of the artist
Madison McFerrin – Photo by Lissy Laricchia
Cherry Glazerr – Photo by Pamela Littky
Pehuenche – Photo by Vladimir Zayas
The Red Pears – Photo by Samantha Herrera
(Teaser photo) Madison McFerrin – Photo by Lissy Laricchia
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January 30, 2019
Web Design: Aunited – United States HistoryAoiroStudioJan 30, 2019
Kulik Oleg is a graphic designer and a UI/UX designer based from Kharkiv, Ukraine. We are sharing his web design concept for the United States history. It’s an interesting approach especially with his colours, bright orange! Do you think it does compliment the images well? I do love his choice of typography and the text layouts are intuitive plus easy to read. One particular thing that I do like a lot is how it is presented. Because of the projects we see all the time on ABDZ, I have rarely have seen this approach and it’s quite good.
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January 30, 2019
Bud Light, the Official Beer of SXSW, is throwing its 2019 Launch Party at 3Ten ACL Live! Bring your friends and be a part of the unveiling of the limited edition, Austin-inspired, and locally-designed packaging. To celebrate, Bud Light will be featuring a full live performance by Southern Rock band, Goodbye June.
This event is open to friends 21+ everywhere, but space is limited so get there early! First come, first served with doors at 8:00pm.
Bud Light 2019 Launch Party
February 6, 2019
Doors Open at 8pm
3Ten ACL Live
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January 30, 2019
The 2019 SXSW Film Festival is almost upon us and we can’t wait to have you here! Before you make your way down to Austin, TX get to know films from our lineup a little bit better with our Filmmaker In Focus series. Dive into our Q&A with director Sandy K Boone, as she tells us about her film J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius, which will world premiere in the Visions screening section.
In your own words, what does this film mean to you?
Sandy K Boone: This film is a homage to my late husband, David Boone, aka “Roperto Dela Rosa”, and his film style; a venue for the founders of the Church, Doug Smith, aka “Ivan Stang”, and Steve Wilcox, aka “Philo Drummond”, to tell the true and unabridged story of the Church of the SubGenius for the first time, so after their passing — or as Doug Smith would say, “boarding the pleasure saucers” — the world would not turn the tongue-in-cheek con job and joke of the Church of the SubGenius into a real cult or possible Scientology, and finally, a humorous but effective mode, to speak out, in the age of Trump, about the fake news and cult practices being used in our politics and government today.
What motivated you to tell this story?
SKB: In all honesty, my original motivation was to stop crying, take action, and find a path to speak out about the absurdity of our current political situation, which in reality was far more absurd than the Church of the SubGenius was or ever had been! After reuniting with Doug and Steve, reminiscing over the past and finding out that a documentary of the church had never been completed, I received “Bob”‘s blessing and with my team turned our hopes and dreams into reality!
What do you want the audience to take away?
SKB: I am hoping the audience will have not one but many “aah and haa” moments. Our world and government are using “cult tactics” to separate and divide us with fear. Let’s find some creative ways to make civility, truth, thoughtfulness, and empathy popular again!
What were you doing when you found out you were coming to SXSW?
SKB: I was with my grown daughters and grandchildren, playing dominoes and laughing.
Do you have a past experience at SXSW that impacted your decision to come back?
SKB: This is my directorial debut. I have executive produced and produced several films submitted and accepted at SX.
Add J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius to your SXSW Schedule. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we share more interviews with our SXSW 2019 filmmakers!
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J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius – Photo by David Layton
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January 30, 2019
We are proud to announce a lineup of seven curated installations that make up the third annual SXSW Art Program. Selections for SXSW 2019 were made in collaboration with the SXSW Art Program Advisory Board including Andrea Mellard of the Contemporary Austin, Suhair Khan of Google Arts & Culture, Kim Cook of Burning Man, and more.
The SXSW Art Program showcases immersive art installations created by artists from all over the world. This year’s selections use technology as a vehicle to explore a variety of topics including the human spirit, cultural traditions, and how we interact with our environment. These installations will facilitate discussion around the role of visual and digital media arts in modern society, shared spaces, and technology.
The 2019 SXSW Art Program includes: Blooming by Lisa Park; Belongings by John-Paul Marin, Matt Smith, Patrick Abboud, Tea Uglow, and Kirstin Sillitoe; EVERY THING EVERY TIME by Naho Matsuda produced by FutureEverything; hash2ash and APPARATUM by panGenerator, Krzysztof Cybulski, Krzysztof Goliński, and Jakub Koźniewski; Semeion by Circuit Circus; and Arctic Passage by Louie Palu. This lineup of artists joins events across the entirety of SXSW that showcase innovation, diversity, and creativity in visual and media arts including The Contemporary Austin, Facebook Art Department, UNESCO New Media Arts Exhibition, and more.
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Series of Sessions: Art
New for 2019, there will be a series of sessions in the SXSW Conference within the Design Track that feature art-focused conversations. Listed below are Conference sessions and additional highlights relating to the Art Program.
Humanizing Innovation Through Artist Residencies
400 Years of Inequality
The Changing Role of Women in the Arts
Art and Technology Can Create Panoramic Possibilities
Acts of Sharing: How Art Fosters Empathy
Additional Programming Highlights
Learn more during these art-related sessions within our 25 Tracks of programming at the SXSW Conference.
The Art Of Failure: Driving Creative Innovation (Entrepreneurship & Startups)
Creating Contemporary Art in Virtual Reality (VR/AR/MR)
Art Museum as Spaces of Digital Play (VR/AR/MR)
Hope and Healing through Arts Education (Social & Global Impact)
Mummies to Manet: Immersive Experiments in Museums (Experiential Storytelling)
Nonprofit Arts Administrators and Artists Meet Up (Experiential Storytelling)
Asian American Artists and Entrepreneurs Meet Up (Entrepreneurship & Startups)
AI and the Future of Storytelling (Experiential Storytelling)
Do it in a Dome! The Planetarium as an Arts Medium (Experiential Storytelling)
BANDALOOP: Performance as Social Activism (Experiential Storytelling)
PopUps: Designing for Emotional Experiences (Experiential Storytelling)
Being The Change Through Art Meet Up (Social & Global Impact)
The Civics of Art and Music (Media & Journalism)
The Future of Gender Identities in Art and Media (Social & Global Impact)
Art Related Films
Explore art-related world premieres in the Documentary Feature Competition screening section at the SXSW Film Festival.
Museum Town
Stuffed
Well Groomed
Vision Portraits
Why Can’t I Be Me? Around You
Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window
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EVERY THING EVERY TIME – Photo by Jack Storey
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January 29, 2019
Doubling down on its emphasis on curved displays, Samsung recently filed a design patent for a new virtual reality headset that could feature a curved OLED display, which would be an interesting development in VR.
The post Samsung files a VR patent featuring a curved OLED display appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
January 29, 2019
As the younger generations join the workforce, they bring in new ideas on society and the world around us that in turn redefines how workplaces should function. The Future Workplace Track brings together HR, talent, and corporate leaders to discuss these changes as well as other innovation and forward-thinking initiatives that will impact the future of today’s workplaces.
Join us March 8-12 during the SXSW Conference to hear more on topics like career development, work-life balance, co-working, diversity, inclusion, HR issues, and employees rights. These sessions we’ve pulled together address the changes and trends that are most prominent in today’s workplaces and how companies can keep up in this ever-changing work environment.
Future Workplace Session Highlights
Going Beyond the Gender Binary in the Workplace
The majority of millennials view gender as a spectrum, rather than a binary, with 56% of Gen Z reporting they know someone who uses gender-neutral pronouns. Companies need to understand how to navigate the shifting attitudes surrounding gender – not only to be inclusive but to remain competitive in attracting top talent – but it’s not such an easy transition to make considering the binary world we live in. In this beginner level panel, Liz Byrne, Manager at Point of Pride, Lisa Kenney, Executive Director of Gender Spectrum, and Rebecca Sherer, Director and Senior Executive Talent and Organizational Developer at Google, will provide a dive into defining gender (what it is and isn’t), and how companies can apply a gender-inclusive lens to every aspect of their business.
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A Girlfriend’s Guide to White Woman Allyship
White women in the U.S. have disproportionately benefited from affirmative action and corporate diversity programs – #TimesUp predominantly features white women and Tarana Burke’s #MeToo movement gained viral traction after it was amplified, and was wrongfully credited, to white actress Alyssa Milano. The same people who are working towards gender equality seem to be leaving people of color behind. This beginner panel with feature an interactive discussion exploring how to be an ally from the perspective of individuals in historically marginalized groups. Janet Ikpa, Diversity Events Strategist at Facebook, Lisa Lee, VP of Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Squarespace, and Lauren Nagel, Vice President of Executive Creative Director and Women’s Community Co-Chair at Pandora will unpack who continues to benefit from diversity programs, how white women are unconsciously failing women of color, and tactical ways they can show up as allies for other communities.
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Nature at Work for Productivity, Health, and Fulfillment
Spending time in nature improves thinking, creativity, and general well-being – but most of us haven’t harnessed the power of nature while at work, though we tend to enjoy it more in our leisure time. What is keeping us from working outside and embracing more elements of nature in our workspaces since 90% or more of info work can be done outside? Hear Ronaldo Balli, Founder and CEO of RRB Ventures, Liz Elam, Founder and Executive Producer of Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC), Philip Vanhoutte, CEO of Philip Vanhoutte BVBA, and Kathleen Zarsky, Founder and Systems & Strategy Director of Holos discuss Biophilia and how you can bring utilize it in your home, garden, office, or coworking space while also bringing your work outdoors.
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Transforming the Workplace Through Remote Work
Remote work rose over 115% in the last decade and smart companies know that they have to adapt to this workplace trend or lose out on top talent. Though this policy is here to stay, many companies remain unsure of how to make a remote work policy function in their organization. Greg Caplan, CEO and Founder of Remote Year, Amy Forbes Winebright, Global Project Manager at Dell, Ian Reynolds, Director of Programs, Work, Life, and Engagement at Johns Hopkins University, and Sara Sutton, CEO and Founder of FloxJobs will offer their best practices for starting, implementing, and executing remote work programs. Learn how to maximize the benefits of remote work and address the practical challenges companies may face with this nontraditional, but increasingly common, way to work.
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The Digital Economy Isn’t Just for the Young
Having five generations in the workplace at the same time provides a never before seen opportunity to exchange intergenerational wisdom – though it seems to almost never happen. Chip Conley, Strategic Advisor at Airbnb and a “Boomer in the land of Millennials,” believes that these exchanges of wisdom are the key to moving into the workplaces of tomorrow. From his younger colleagues he has learned how to embrace the newer technologies like Google docs and Instagram accounts, but more importantly, he learned how to curate his life through a lens of adventure. This generation, he notes, is more focused on being “outwardly mobile” than “upwardly mobile,” and is more focused on experiencing the world than climbing the corporate ladder. Through the exchange of wisdom, he has become a content and inspired “digital nomad” and has broken out of the three-stage life cycle of learn, earn, retire – and he wants to teach you how to do the same no matter which generation you belong to.
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Check out other Future Workplace sessions as well as other Keynotes and Featured Speakers like Roy Spence:
Browse More Future Workplace Sessions
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January 28, 2019
Eerie Futuristic Digital Art Photoshop TutorialabduzeedoJan 28, 2019
The past week we posted an article titled Eerie Futuristic Digital Art by Cristian Chierici. It was a series of awesome compositions mixing photography and light effects. If you follow Beeple you will know the type of effect I am talking about. So I always wanted to recreate that type of composition using Photoshop only and this weekend I took some time off to do that. It’s still an early stage image but I’m excited to share this Photoshop tutorial on how I did this first proof of concept.
Basically, the idea behind this digital art is to illustrate a person walking towards a portal that could lead her/him to a different dimension. To do that we will use Photoshop, a few images, layer styles, and blend modes.
Step 1
In Photoshop create a new document. I am using 2880×1800 for the resolution. Right after that fill the background with #020203
Step 2
Let’s import some images so we can manipulate them to create the effect we want. The first image is a photo by Tim Trad on Unsplash of a wet road. I chose this image because of the wet floor. It’s perfect for the effect I want to create.
The last thing to do in this step is to change the opacity of this layer to 60%.
Step 3
Select the image and go to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Vibrance. Use -100 for Vibrance and -2 for Saturation.
After that go to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Hue/Saturation. Change the values of Hue to 3, Saturation to -93 and Lightness to -8.
The last thing to do on this step is to use the clipping mask for these two adjustment layers.
Step 4
Add a new layer and select the Brush Tool (B). Make sure you are using the default brush with maximum value for Softness. Then start painting on the sides to hide the trees.
Group all these layers and name the group to Floor.
Step 5
Add a new layer and with the Ellipse Tool (U) create a circle. After that go to Layer>Layer Style>Stroke. Use 30px for the Size and white for the Color.
In the Layer, Styles pane select Outer Glow. Use a light blue for the color and use the values below.
Step 6
Select the layer and convert it to Smart Objects. After that go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 5.0 Pixels for Radius.
Step 7
Add a new layer and make sure it’s underneath the circle one. Fill this new layer with black using the Paint Bucket Tool (G). Group the two layers and change the Blend Mode of this group to Color Dodge. Also, rename it to Neon.
Step 8
Create a new group and call it Glow. Add a layer, change the Blend Mode to Screen and with a dark blue color and a very soft brush paint on the center of the circle. Keep painting to expand the color effect like the image below.
Step 9
Duplicate the circle layer and move it to create a reflection on the wet floor. Use the scale tool to make it bigger. After that go to Filter>Blur Gallery>Iris Blur. Use the values below. Group this layer with the Neon group and name it Portal.
Step 10
Let’s add some extra light effects using the Brush Tool (B).
Step 11
Let’s add a person to our composition. The image I am using is a photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash.
Use the Lasso Tool (L) to remove the background. Duplicate the layer of the person and flip it vertically to create a shadow.
Step 12
Convert the layers to Smart Object. Then with the shadow layer selected go to Layer>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 5px for the Radius Size.
Also, you will notice that there’s a Smart Filter mask in the layer. Use the Gradient Tool (G) with black and white to fill that in order to mask the effect. The goal is to make it more blurred as the shadow gets far from the person.
Conclusion
And here you have it. A very simple way to create a nice light effect composition using Photoshop. You can add more details. I didn’t have much time to elaborate on mine. One thing I did was to add another image on top of all of the layers. I used a photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Unsplash and changed the Blend Mode to Overlay. You can see the details in the source code.
Get the source file for this Photoshop tutorial and see all the details. You can also use it for any commercial or personal usage.
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