I'm Rob Williamson and I'm a photographer in the San Francisco Bay area.
If you sketch something, then it becomes a little bit more real, and it just brings you one step closer to a final image.
I use Rotate Object in Adobe Photoshop to help me preplan my shoots, like a shoot of a very heavy, cumbersome 160 pound motorcycle engine, and I was able to rotate it and check out the height and get the angle that I wanted locked in just right.
When I first saw Rotate Object, I think I audibly gasped.
It was like being able to see the dark side of the moon.
I was able to use another Photoshop feature called Generative Fill, where I put a prompt in to put a puddle of oil.
These new features have just been able to give me so much more speed in the way that I can get through the pre-planning process.
It has also given me a lot of opportunity to try new things that I wouldn't be able to do in the moment.
Adobe Photoshop helps me complete my visions.
"When I first saw Rotate Object, I audibly gasped. It’s like being able to see the dark side of the moon."
Step 1: Play around with perspective.
To start, Rob quickly mocked up a composition he had in mind, featuring a motorcycle engine on a table. Then he used Rotate Object to tilt and shift the motor into new angles, until the composition felt just right.
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Step 2: Build out the scene.
Next, Rob added details to the composition. He masked out the legs of the table, then used prompts in Generative Fill to add a puddle of oil and a glossy, reflective finish to the tabletop.
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Step 3: Bring it to life.
“If you sketch something, then it becomes a little more real, and it brings you one step closer to the final image,” says Rob. With the plan in place, he realized his vision. He shot each element, edited the images in Lightroom, and brought everything into Photoshop to composite the final image.
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