In today's video I will share how I photographed 43 NFL football players in one day and then used Evoto AI, Firefly, Midjourney, Generative fill and some of the other AI features in Photoshop Beta to blend the images together to create stunning composite images.

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Gear used during the shoot

Canon EOS R5
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Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.0
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Elinchrom FIVE
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This video was shot with a

Canon Cinema EOS C70
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and a

Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.0
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Collecting Trading Cards
00:57 - Coming full circle
01:17 - Life on Set
01:32 - This Year’s Lighting Plan
01:49 - 1. Clamshell Setup
02:31 - 2. Headshot
03:03 - 3. Rim Light
03:22 - 4. Dramatic Action
03:57 - 5. Standard Action
05:22 - These Images Are For My Portfolio
06:02 - Capture One
06:30 - Retouching with Evoto.Ai
08:03 - Generating AI Background Plates with Adobe Firefly and Midjourney
08:22 - Firefly Process
09:21 - Midjourney Process
10:37 - Generative Fill in Photoshop Beta
10:53 - Smart Objects - Linked
11:38 - Neural Filters - Superzoom
12:30 - Transform
12:45 - Remove Background, Select and Mask, & Refine Hair Selection
14:17 - Neural Filters - Harmonize
15:05 - Adding colored light
16:44 - Add Noise
17:24 - Color Blending Layer
17:58 - Adding a Vingette
18:29 - Enhancing Catchlights
19:07 - Conclusions

Evoto AI Main Functions
Skin Defects Removal
Backdrop changer
Eye Brightness
Clean Backdrop
Sky Replacement
Save presets and Sync all

The software is capable of
Dodge & Burn Technology
AI Face/Body Reshaping
Sky Replacement AI
Makeup Presets
Color Adjustments
Highlight Contour Adjustment