The Creative Composite
with Julieanne Kost
July 7 – 11, 2025
Course Description
Join Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost for a week-long workshop dedicated to the art of compositing in Photoshop. Hosted in Santa Fe Workshops’ Digital Lab, participants experience a blend of inspiration and education as Julieanne shares her creative and technical processes for crafting surreal composites.
In this immersive workshop, you learn best practices for a completely nondestructive workflow, discovering how color, tone, texture, and structure can unify even the most surreal scenes. We explore the crucial roles of light quality and direction, depth of field, reflections, shadows, scale, and perspective in creating a cohesive image. Julieanne guides you in selecting a primary subject, building the stage, and integrating supporting elements to enhance the visual narrative.
Participants learn to master essential compositing tools, including layers, masking, blend modes, adjustment layers, and the properties panel. Learn flexible and efficient ways to organize and manage multiple layers, while exploring nondestructive workflows using Smart Objects and Smart Filters. We explore Photoshop’s AI-powered tools for making selections, including the Object Selection and Remove tools, Select Subject, and the Select and Mask workspace, ensuring your workflow is both efficient and effective. Additionally, you discover when to incorporate Generative Fill and Adobe Firefly into your ideation and creation process.
This workshop is packed with practical tips and techniques tailored for photographers of all levels, empowering you to create images with greater impact. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your compositing skills and unleash your creativity with Julieanne as your guide!
Additional Information
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
What You Should Know:
Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is required for this workshop including basic understanding of layers, masking, selections, and adjustments.
Special Notes:
Computer workstations equipped with M-series Mac minis are provided in the Digital Lab. Please ensure any external hard drives are formatted to be read by Mac systems. See "Santa Fe Campus" for more details. Enrollment is limited to 13 participants.
Activity Level:
Policies:
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Accommodations:
Participants are responsible for making their own housing arrangements in Santa Fe. On-campus accommodations are not currently available.
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about
Julieanne Kost is the Digital Imaging Evangelist Director at Adobe Systems, responsible for fostering relationships with customers through meaningful and inspirational Photoshop and Lightroom instruction, and was previously named one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business.” As a highly sought-after speaker for the industry-standard Digital Imaging franchise, she devises and presents motivating and educational training sessions, sharing original techniques and tutorials worldwide — via live events, Adobe.com, her blog (blogs.adobe.com/jkost) and website.
Julieanne is also the author of Passenger Seat—Creating a Photographic Project from Conception Through Execution in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Window Seat — The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking, an accomplished photographer and fine artist, and creator and host of the popular Photoshop CC Essential Training, Lightroom & Photoshop Workflows, Photoshop Automation Techniques, and the Art of Photoshop Compositing for LinkedIn Learning | Lynda.com.
Julieanne is well-known for her unique approach to instruction, infusing practical tips and tricks with an equal amount of humor and creativity that keeps audiences entertained and engaged. She often serves as a guest lecturer at distinguished photography schools and leading educational institutions around the world. She has created and published more than a thousand instructional videos for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. For her outstanding service and contributions to the photographic industry, she received the Chuck Westfall Technical Education award from the Lucie Foundation, the Gerhard Bakker award from the Professional Photographers of America and was granted the title of Honorary Educational Associate as well as received the International Award for her significant contributions to Professional Photography as an Art and a Science from the American Society of Photographers, and was inducted to the Photoshop Hall of Fame by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
