Help Please - Photo Merging?

Keith W said:
Hi,

Can someone point me to an easy to follow tutorial, or tell me in easy to follow steps, on how to achieve an image like the one in this thread:

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=178628

Thanks in advance.

Take care,

Keith
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i tried with a tripod and multiple expsures..not to good as you can see from my trial shots on that thread
i think the final final answer was photoshop using layers..which i havent a clue about:geek:
 
Best thing, I've found, is to set the camera to manual-everything, so that all the pictures match both in colour and exposure and then layer them in Photoshop. Getting the photos matching first is really the key to making the compositing dead easy.
 
mr_pants said:
Best thing, I've found, is to set the camera to manual-everything, so that all the pictures match both in colour and exposure and then layer them in Photoshop. Getting the photos matching first is really the key to making the compositing dead easy.
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i have tried layers for doing simple processing...contrast etc

what part of photoshop do you do the layering of multi images

i have photoshop 2 and this may not be up market enough

thanks in advance
 
mrcrow said:
i have tried layers for doing simple processing...contrast etc

what part of photoshop do you do the layering of multi images

i have photoshop 2 and this may not be up market enough

thanks in advance
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There is a layers palette on which you can see all the layers. If you open a couple of pictures in Photoshop, you can select one and copy it and then paste it into the other photo. This should put it on a new layer, which you can see in the palette. You then need to add a layer mask to the top layer. This can be seen as a little blank icon next to the layer icon in the palette. If you select the layer mask icon and get the paintbrush, you can paint black on the layer mask to hide that portion of the layer. Painting white displays that portion, so any overdoing with the black can be easily undone at any time.
 
mr_pants said:
There is a layers palette on which you can see all the layers. If you open a couple of pictures in Photoshop, you can select one and copy it and then paste it into the other photo. This should put it on a new layer, which you can see in the palette. You then need to add a layer mask to the top layer. This can be seen as a little blank icon next to the layer icon in the palette. If you select the layer mask icon and get the paintbrush, you can paint black on the layer mask to hide that portion of the layer. Painting white displays that portion, so any overdoing with the black can be easily undone at any time.
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cheers..worth a go as i may be able to do some fun shots for the kids:thumbs:
 
An easy way to build the layers for an image like this is to open what's going to be the background image (image 1) then the next image (image 2) and have them open side by side. Select image 2 and press ctrl+A to select it all then press the shift key and drag image 2 over image 1. By pressing the shift key while you drag, photoshop will automatically align the images. Repeat this process with images 3, 4 and 5 etc until you have all your layers on top of the original background layer. You then need to use a layer mask on each of the layers to remove any areas of each layer that you don't want visible (to allow other layers to be visible). I know how to use layer masks but not well enough to talk you through it. I'm sure someone else will be able to though.
 
Having never done this sort of thing before I gave it a go this afternoon with just two pictures.

It's not up to the standard of some I have seen but hey it's my first attempt and as they say practise makes perfect.

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Keith W said:
Having never done this sort of thing before I gave it a go this afternoon with just two pictures.

It's not up to the standard of some I have seen but hey it's my first attempt and as they say practise makes perfect.

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great!! is that your sister:clap:
 
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