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Photography Tutorial · 2017-10-15

How to Create the Magical Post-Processing Style | Max Rive Landscape Course 2

You can spend thousands on gear, only to improve your image quality slightly.

Or you can spend a little on post-processing, yet make your photos leap qualitatively!

The course content has been fully recorded and saved permanently; after purchase, you can review it unlimited times. Click "Read More" at the end of the article to learn how Dutch landscape master Max Rive, who has over a million followers, post-processes to create the magical landscape masterpiece style.

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Course Overview:

This course was personally designed by Dutch landscape master Max Rive to share the post-processing secrets behind his magical-style masterpieces. In the accompanying video, Max uses his popular masterpieces on Instagram as examples to demonstrate the complete magical post-processing process.

In a Qianliao live session, Thomas will explain in Chinese the techniques, tools, and the principles and thinking behind them used in the video, so you can truly master the exclusive skills of a top landscape photographer. Max Rive will demonstrate his operation steps in detail in the video included in the course.

The live content and video files have been fully recorded and permanently saved in the room, viewable unlimited times.

Click "Read More" to start learning!

Course demonstration images (RAW files available for download):

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The adjusted result of the example image:

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What will be demonstrated and explained in the course includes:

The complete post-processing thinking and techniques for this photo

Visual guidance within the frame

Creating a sense of three-dimensionality

Strengthening leading lines

Separating foreground, midground, and background

Exposure and color grading of the RAW file

Multi-version light-and-shadow control technique (with layers)

Multi-version light-and-shadow control technique (without layers)

Advanced dodging and burning technique

Advanced local color grading technique

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The course is divided into two parts:

The first part is a Qianliao recorded broadcast, in which Thomas explains in detail the retouching thinking, post-processing tools, and processing techniques using slides and Chinese audio.

The second part is a hands-on video: Thomas shares a video in the Qianliao room, recorded by Max with Thomas's narration, documenting Max's complete operation process on this image.

About Max Rive and his works:

A top Dutch landscape photographer, skilled at using panoramas, light and shadow, foregrounds, and figures to highlight the grandeur of landscape scenes. He once won the IPA Landscape of the Year award and has over 1 million followers on social media platforms like Instagram and 500px.

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The course's original price was $89, but after Thomas negotiated, Max agreed that the Chinese version costs only

79 yuan!

Max Rive's exclusive global offer: for the price of half a UV filter, you get the post-processing secrets of a top landscape master.

Click "Read More" to start learning!

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