Create posters in the style of Tomb Raider - Photography and Photoshop tutorial

In this video, Gabor gives you an insight into the video training and his plans. He introduces his model and explains what he wants to achieve with her.

With two studio lights and a brightener, Gabor gradually builds up his lighting setup. He explains the individual light sources and their function. You will also see where the brightener is used to bring out a few details that have disappeared.

Once the lighting setup has been set up, it's time to get down to business. From this point on, Gabor concentrates on the pose and all the details. He works quietly as a team and uses a control monitor to correct any errors.

Once an image selection has been made, Gabor gets to work on the raw development in Photoshop Camera Raw. Here, attention is paid to gaining as much detail as possible and also a strong contrast in the contours.

To make the clothing more flattering and also more flattering on the model's figure, the liquefy filter is used discreetly. Finally, a few fine details are added to make the scene more exciting for later.

In this part, light is used to paint on a gray plane. The advantage of this is that the brightness and depth of the person can be controlled very selectively. This makes the overall motif a little more three-dimensional.

To get a proper crop of model Jessy, Gabor will set a path selection around her with the pen tool. To save himself unnecessary work on the hair, Gabor will enhance the hair with a certain procedure and an automatic function.

With a few great landscape shots by Tobias Ackermann and a few hand movements by Gabor, the background is created using uncomplicated techniques. This creates a location in the background that will make for an exciting scene.

In order for Jessica to stand in the water later on, a foundation is first created that ensures a certain depth of water. The viewer should later get the feeling of being able to look underwater.

A wave is created to separate the water surface from the water depth. Gabor builds this from simple picture materials that don't actually look like water waves.

To give the water scenario more action and dynamism, water splashes and fine water waves are added from image materials. These are mounted quite simply into the motif and wonderfully offset with a simple filling method.

For a more realistic depth in the motif, the underwater scene needs to be enhanced even more. This can be achieved by creating depth by painting with light, applying a fresh color adjustment and overlaying a texture.

To give the entire water wave a finishing touch, the transition to the water surface and the transition to the depth of the water are adjusted. We also play with color to blend all the elements together.

In this video, Gabor will show how he can make dry trousers wetter in just a few simple steps. To do this, he mainly uses an adjustment layer and a brush.

To make the focus more on the model, we need a slight brightening and a vignette. You can find out how Gabor creates these and his thoughts on them in this video.

In the later scene, there will be a small explosion on the left-hand side. To make the montage more realistic, Gabor will paint a red, fiery reflection of light on the model.

In this part, various approaches are used to give the whole scene a somewhat gloomy mood. On the one hand, red light sources are added to the motif, as well as a few fire particles and self-painted ash particles.

To give the whole water scene more action, a few long splashes of water are added to the motif. However, these are not overlaid with textures, but rather painted into the motif and modified using filter techniques.

To give the whole motif in the last video a chic finishing touch, the scenario is enhanced with the Camera Raw filter. Finally, the poster is given a matching font to give it that final cinematic style.