Lynda - Photoshop for Interior Design: Living Room Composite

Reimagine your living room with Adobe Photoshop. William Everhart shows you how to take an image of your existing living room and get a rough idea of what it will look like with different wallpaper, flooring, window treatments, and even furniture and fixtures. Whether you are a professional designer or just a homeowner looking to update the look of your home, you'll find the techniques you'll need here to design your new space, from picking paint chips to lighting.

Topics include:

Finding design inspiration

Picking your paint chips

Selecting furniture

Creating a vanishing point

Masking paint

Placing flooring

Trying different layouts

Introduction 4m 54s

Welcome 58s

What you need to know and expect 1m 5s

Using the exercise files 35s

Finding sources of inspiration 2m 16s

1. Gathering Your Samples 9m 0s

Picking your paint chips 3m 23s

Selecting your wall and floor textures 3m 19s

Selecting furniture and fixtures 2m 18s

2. Taking Pictures of Your Space 10m 10s

Setting the scene 2m 11s

Selecting your angle 1m 25s

Good lighting on a budget 1m 57s

Selecting the right image 4m 37s

3. Adjusting Your Image 16m 2s

Tonal and color corrections 8m 48s

Creating a vanishing point 7m 14s

4. Pulling It All Together 36m 7s

Importing your samples 6m 11s

Masking paint 7m 17s

Creating patterns6m 13s

Placing flooring 4m 25s

Adding furniture 6m 35s

Trying different layouts 5m 26s

Conclusion 2m 8s

Next steps2m 8s