How to Edit your Cosplay Photos

How to Edit your Cosplay Photos - Tutorial

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Hey there, it's Benni! Svetlana and I just released our book about Cosplay Photography! To go along with the book, I thought it would be cool to show you how I edited one of our photos completely from start to finish. We shot with a Sony a7RII and I edit everything in Camera Raw and Photoshop CC.
Hope this is helpful! Let me know if you have more questions or other feedback! Would love to hear it! :)
- Benni
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@sjsmith9637 5 жыл бұрын

This is honestly the most helpful photoshop tutorial I've ever seen. It's amazing how much better this one is compared to so many other tutorials.

@andy-in-indy 5 жыл бұрын

It is the best I have seen, too. It shows what the tools do, where to find them, and why you want more or less of them. Thanks, Benny!

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot. Photoshop has a million different tools but you only need like 2% of them so I tried to explain only these in my video. :)

@Discipol 5 жыл бұрын

Upvote if you want Benny to wear Svertlana's cosplay costumes, for our enjoyment.

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

That one downvote is from me...

@PlanetAlexanderProjects 5 жыл бұрын

@@KamuiCosplay Sorry Benni... looks like you're outnumbered. I look forward to the next video!

@ramelio2662 5 жыл бұрын

you should give some tilt to the rain and make the drops more longer. and make a little fog around the subject because rain narturaly bounces back

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Good ideas! :D

@TechnaDesign 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job! I'm a graphic designer and enjoyed watching your process. 🙂 I also LOVE that this is in real-time instead of sped up. ❤️

@JulieHallthewriter 5 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! I've been using photoshop for years, but still learned something.

@cosplay.revolution 5 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful thank you! I always edit the pictures by myself and I am searching for so many tutorials everyday to get all informations together. But here is all I need in just one Video! Perfect! Thank you!

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to help! :D

@ejoaosergio 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most helpful photoshop tutorial I've ever seen.

@mineslime7766 5 жыл бұрын

Vibrance does the same like saturation but affects the skintones less. ;D

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Good to know! x-D

@kestrels.9189 5 жыл бұрын

That’s the difference! Thanks!

@johncantrell614 Жыл бұрын

Very good information, thanks for sharing. I really like how you take the time to slowly explain and show each step. Many others just jump from step to step so fast, that you can’t keep up or clearly see what was done.

@cyntoocean3500 2 жыл бұрын

Finally a photoshop tutorial that is actually really helpful! Thank you :D

@birb2044 5 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize 36 minutes has passed lol it felt like a 5-minute video, I love seeing how this kinda stuff is done!

@wandering6252 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see more photo editing tips and tricks from you!!

@nessazee 5 жыл бұрын

One of the most helpful photoshop tutorials I’ve ever watched. I like that you covered a lot of the basics-a good range of editing options without going too in depth

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

I try my best! ;)

@mhdover2385 5 жыл бұрын

You make this look so easy, like it’s second nature to you. At the same time, your explanation comes across quite well, thanks for the tutorial 🙏

@janina_1412_ Жыл бұрын

thank you so much for the tutorial. Especially the camera raw part helped a lot. I didn't know about that and just following your tips there made such a big difference

@BleachRush 5 жыл бұрын

The most informative photoshop/light room tutorial. I've watched alot of tutorial but nothing like this quality. Right to the point without dragging the video, just enough information to know what's what and how's its done. Good job.

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! :)

@haymanlee1665 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video. I'm a new photog and have been doing cosplay photos for almost 2 years now. This video helped me understand some of the tools better and learned some new tricks as well. Thank you once again for everything. You and your lovely wife has been a big inspiration to many of the cosplay/photog community. I would love to be able to meet you two one of these days at a con

@joejoe8058 5 жыл бұрын

Dude your cosplay photoshop tutorials are amazing. I learned a lot from jus this one video, keep up the great work ! ! !

@BrokenAngelFalling 5 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful! Thanks for all the tips and tricks. Will definitely be trying it the next time I'm in photoshop

@Scaramouchemusic 5 жыл бұрын

What a great tutorial! I'll definitely keep coming back to it when editing my own videos! Thanks a bunch!

@dammitspawk 5 жыл бұрын

Benni!!!!!! It’s nice to see you!! This was very helpful, I can’t wait to try these things out in my next cosplay shoot!!! I always struggle trying to make it look like my camera is more professional than it is so that last tip is really useful. Also the grain filter on the add ins, I never thought of that before and it really does make a difference. Great work 😊

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad if it's helpful!

@trinity1744 5 жыл бұрын

Oh bless you 🙏 I have so much trouble with editing, this was a god send

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps! :)

@Mido_coser 5 жыл бұрын

Really helpful Video! I was struggeling with Photoshop for years now(also the reason I barely used it) and this finally brought some light into the dark xD

@Taraatjeh 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Thank you so much for all the insights, and taking the time to record this! It really helps me to go from natural, boring looking photos to wow factors. :)

@AncloteLeviathan 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your technique! Such a great tutorial! I hope you make more photo editing videos in the future!

@zak2394 5 жыл бұрын

This was super helpful. I'd love to see more videos like this!

@tonybqueen 5 жыл бұрын

thank you for the tutorial! your photos are always so great, so it’s nice to see in depth how they’re maid. thanks for explaining so well

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@ElimRawne 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Love it! Please make more of these awesome videos, not only are they super informative about Photoshop but aside of the beautiful pictures we finally see more Benny too! Yey!

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Benni: Yes, I have a face too!

@lidacosplay2834 5 жыл бұрын

This was really helpful and gave me some good ideas! And I know this wasn't the point of the video, but when I do more "serious" poses where my mouth is closed, I get those same exact marks/imperfections on my chin as Svetlana, and it's something I'm pretty self conscious about, so seeing that the same thing happens to her and how easy it is to fix in photos definitely makes me feel a little more confident about doing photoshoots with a wider variety of characters.

@ryuukusensei 5 жыл бұрын

More videos like this please! I see so many "speed edits" for cosplay photos with little to no explanations at all, watching this was extremely informative.

@suziwrites 5 жыл бұрын

I loved this tutorial! Yes, please do as many more as you want!

@prettz182 5 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Im a beginner and i learned so much! You guys are so awesome

@zacsanders5380 5 жыл бұрын

Just bought the download version of your book on cosplay photography because of this. My friend's cosplaying as Samus and asked me to take some pictures, super helpful video! Thanks Benni!

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!!! :)

@lemon_maho Жыл бұрын

Just opened youtube, searched for sth, watched your video and got I wanted to see so thank you very much ^^

@interwebfiend 5 жыл бұрын

Keep up the great work you two, top notch!

@scarcosplay 5 жыл бұрын

as a hoby editor this was very helpful, it's always nice to see how others work

@aStudyInTeal 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I never even knew about the snapshot function in history and I've been using PS for I don't know how many years :") Thanks for the detailed explanations!

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

@MarcWeertsMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent, very interesting to watch your process.

@JakeDogg-RIP 5 жыл бұрын

good job Benny! thanks for sharing =)

@xGirlsLikeFreakyx 5 жыл бұрын

such a helpful video!! I'm a real noob at editing and always wonder how ppl edit their pics so it was nice to see how you did it! thank you~ Maybe make more videos to reveal your editig secrets ;DD

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

If it helps! xD They are not really secrets! ;)

@spicythaidesign7402 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Benni. Very helpful. I'll have to give it a go for sure :)

@spencersguitarcovers 5 жыл бұрын

I like these "different" videos! Get to see all the other skills you have.

@chibmiu 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you so much for this video

@ValkeriArts 5 жыл бұрын

Guten tag! I'm new to your channel and I just wanna say that I enjoy your content and your amazing creations with different mediums that you use in your videos. Trying out new equipment and adapting all of your knowledge as an artist, by creating amazing beautiful works of art. I miss cosplaying, but Keep up the fantastic work!

@Leoboe 5 жыл бұрын

Ein Tip von Retoucher zu Retoucher: Probier beim Verflüssigen mal das "Nach-Links-schieben-Werkzeug" (Hotkey O) aus. Am Anfang fühlt sich das ziemlich komisch an, damit zu arbeiten, aber nach ein paar mal Benutzen, ist man viel schneller als mit "Vorwärts-krümmen" und vor allem macht man weniger Fehler.

@JeffreyJJohnson 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this, think it will be a big help for the future

@JasonD71 5 жыл бұрын

AMAZING Benni!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

@averyrampage3045 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, thank you!

@PurpleEyes77 2 жыл бұрын

P.S. I bought the book!!! Love it love you guys!!!! Thank You!!

@GRPZ66 5 жыл бұрын

Good video on the picture editing, enjoyed it.

@alexYJZ 5 жыл бұрын

Please do more video like this! 👍

@Vegepink 5 жыл бұрын

Super helpful! Thanks Benni, would love to see more from you :)

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Noted! ;)

@jeffdav68 3 жыл бұрын

love all the videos ! but great to hear Svetlana on the guitar in the back ground

@Mihaumary 5 жыл бұрын

your're the best. You should be a teacher in my university :D

@geeanime 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, this was a great tutorial oh photoshop, thanks Benny, you explained it so much better than other tutorials on photoshop. Will totally help me when I'm editing photos. :)

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! :)

@dailybartosz 5 жыл бұрын

It was very helpfull! I would love to watch more of your editing

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! :)

@carolinazambrano7467 5 жыл бұрын

Omg thanks for this ! :)

@Katazuri 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Benny, this one was pretty helpful! Hope to see some more videos like this in the future :)

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Noted!

@thatwackycardgame5655 5 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see you guys swap roles for a cosplay. Benny creating spikes and Svetlana painting them! Benny in a spiky cosplay. (no more spikes)

@ahuman3642 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you this was very helpfull

@rido.h01 5 жыл бұрын

Yey New content

@cmdrdarklight 5 жыл бұрын

Super interesting!!! Thank you :))

@cosplaymodellbau2779 5 жыл бұрын

Tolle Idee und interressant. Weiter so

@tigershonen 2 жыл бұрын

Super Helpfull, Thanks

@malice_macabre 5 жыл бұрын

Finally I'll be able to edit my cosplay photos! I recently finished my Junkrat Cosplay from Overwatch and my photoshoot is next week so this'll be super helpful to make the pics look extra epic XD

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Haha do it!

@lexwhy554 5 жыл бұрын

I JUST WAS WONDERING, WHEN YOU GUYS WILL POST! WOW! XD

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Hah! There you have it!

@lexwhy554 5 жыл бұрын

@@KamuiCosplay Thanks! Not a waste of 37 minutes

@bethsos 5 жыл бұрын

Book bought and read! Thank you guys!

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps!

@alfalfa_kawaii 5 жыл бұрын

First literal though: "Oh my it's Benny, what kind of good stuff is going on here" You are so helpful, I was so excited of your new book when i got the email and I was like, I need to save for it NOW (I buy them physical, to have them always and to support a little bit more (I think it works like that lol)), and with the video it's like if you gave a chance, as always, to every cosplayer/photographer or just interested person to get into it, practice and have a little help!! You are literally the only people I know who do that, and I really really appreciate it so much!! The way you added to the background something new was amazing, thank you for explaining it so well!! Hope I see you and Svetlana (sorry if I wrote it wrong) soon again!!

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your nice words! We just try to help. Creating costumes and other art if more fun if you can share it with other people, right? :)

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

And thanks for bu

@gestersibal 5 жыл бұрын

Omygaahhhd another video 😍

@PurpleEyes77 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for this!

@brennoluktv4371 2 жыл бұрын

cara seus videos sao muito bons, estava olhando no canal gostei muito, você tem um trabalho incrivel

@ryusom7345 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I knew some things, but i didn't do correctly, so thanks

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@Colorful_Mess 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so so much

@IsabelDarko 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Benni!

@romance3110 5 жыл бұрын

Gute Arbeit 😁👍

@dude2499 49 минут бұрын

Now do this for those of us stuck in Mobile Lightroom cause can’t afford a computer atm

@Mex_the_Fox 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@PhilipThonbo 5 жыл бұрын

dont use add on the right layers use lighten, add has a burning effect that affect exposure of the pixels underneath - lighten only adds white on top and dont affect pixels underneath

@silverrkitten9570 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you usually use hotkeys or not but it would speed up the process a bit and the workflow feels more natural, also I recommend taking atlas duplicate in the beginning of the original picture. There are more non destructive ways to edit photos which I highly recommend when ever you're editing images. Anyways pretty cool tutorial! Especially to people who have no or very little experience with editing photos ^^

@aurorasofie 5 жыл бұрын

Its pretty obvious hes avoiding hotkeys in the tutorial for the sake of beginners being able to find the tools. He said "i usually use a shortcut for this" when he was looking for a tool manually :)

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I actually had to search for the click commands since I always use hotkeys! :D

@silverrkitten9570 5 жыл бұрын

@@KamuiCosplay hotkeys are my life but sometimes it feels weird switching between Lightroom and photoshop ^^' But yea I've seen so many people not using hotkeys and it low-key annoys me whenever I see that

@chantellefranco-green1912 11 ай бұрын

Really helpful

@lorax3391 5 жыл бұрын

I have to admit: the picture does look more INTERESTING 😄

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

See? XD

@andrewazevedo9146 5 жыл бұрын

I love the videos

@thaysdonascimento7827 5 жыл бұрын

Please make a League of Legends Champion! You guys are amazing!

@kiwi6290 5 жыл бұрын

More of these

@jimmortlock7186 5 жыл бұрын

I would really like you to name your layers so you know what is on each if you need to identify an edit to change or eliminate. There are a million ways to do anything in PhotoShop it is really interesting and informative to see your technique.

@ThiefMaster 5 жыл бұрын

Naming layers, what kind of demon has possessed you? One does not simply name his photoshop layers! :D

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Who got time for that? xD

@sofiasilice8977 5 жыл бұрын

what camera, camera settings and lenses do you usually use. the image is supper crisp from the beginning!

@DukeDark 5 жыл бұрын

also deine kamera is doch gut benny ;) die 6d mk2 find ich schon nett ;) gutes vid weiter so ;)

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Ja die ist gut. War auch ein Tipp für Leute die keine gute haben. ;)

@TweeK2k8 5 жыл бұрын

Top Tutorial! Darf man Fragen woher du die Regenoverlays hast? Ich bin schon länger auf der Suche danach :D

@jershmersh6573 5 жыл бұрын

4:57 "so the first thing I always do is.. I'm..*zooms in on chest*..*moves to the right* fixing some errors in the picture"

@Shamde 5 жыл бұрын

I've never used snapshots before, does that make editing on background layer less destructive?

@Omega_Art 5 жыл бұрын

Could you make a video about foam (about) how many pieces I need to make a helmet?(for example) how can I know in how many pieces I need to cut the foam to make a solder? Thanks

@IzureCosplay Жыл бұрын

Hey Benny, kannst du mal von dem aktuellen Adobe Photoshop ein Video machen? Und vielleicht auch mal sowas erklären wie man z.B Haare mit mehr Volumen gestaltet/ ausbessert oder eine Lücke füllt im Ponny z.B? Sonst ist das schon sehr hilfreich gewesen =)

@inthelittlesky4532 5 жыл бұрын

Do a Warframe cosplay next please!!!!!!! They have lots of awesome suits that'd be awesome to watch

@SOTE_RoH 3 жыл бұрын

How did you get these adjustments on the side? mine have little icons and when I click them they make a new layer.. The saturation/Curves/Exposure and all the other thingies

@kelseym5444 5 жыл бұрын

What kind of camera/lens was this shot with?

@helmhamburgerhand 6 ай бұрын

Do you have an sources for images that you cut in from? For example by the end the rendered nature of the Watchers still have a really well photoshopped look to them. Im aware its just a tutorial though but for your real work photos do you have any specific sources for content?

@maskedfoxx7173 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, Benni! :0

@KamuiCosplay 5 жыл бұрын

Ello!

@Vyalia 5 жыл бұрын

Hallo Benny, hast du für den Anfang einen Kurs besucht oder dir alles selbst bei gebracht? Also learning by doing? Bildbearbeitung ist das einzige an das ich mich momentan bei meinen Bildern nicht traue (keine Cosplays aber Landschaftsbilder und so ^^)

@ahuman3642 5 жыл бұрын

Btw I’m the first viewer