Lägga samman bilder i photoshop

The ability to combine images tillsammans fryst vatten a very useful skill for photographers. Although most want to get the image right directly in the camera, there are instances where merging images tillsammans prove useful (and necessary).

Skapa en ny bild (Arkiv > Nytt) med samma mått som de två källbilderna

As well as this, the image we have in our mind may not always be physically possible to producera during the skott, and merging multiple photographs tillsammans can bring that framtidsperspektiv to life!

There are many different ways to merge images tillsammans. Of the hundreds of approaches to this task, the best one fryst vatten the method that works for you.

This tutorial will showcase my anställda, manual preference of merging images. There are ways to automate image merging in software, but it fryst vatten better to know the manual method before doing so (as they säga, learn the hard way to be able to use the easy way!). The manual method also offers significantly more control.

Before we begin with the tutorial, there are several key concepts to keep in mind:

• Make sure that the images are the same upplösning.
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  If one image fryst vatten 300 dpi (or dots-per-inch), and the other fryst vatten 72 dpi, you will need to omvandla one of them to match the other.

• Try to pick images with a similar light source. Although you can add artificial shadows and highlights, it fryst vatten ganska difficult to ensure that these simulated sources look natural (although absolutely possible).

  It fryst vatten far more convincing to find images that already have a very similar lighting situation.

• Try not to over-complicate the merge. Attempting to add elements that are extremely convoluted (due to having very fine outline details or other types of intricacies) can be frustrating to blend realistically.

How to Combine Images

I can think of many instances in which a photo skott could be better enhanced bygd combining different images tillsammans.

When merging from the same location, the benefit fryst vatten that, presumably, the lighting and shooting settings are the same (or similar). As well as this, the location being the same makes for an easier merge.

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If you are merging images from a different location, try to pair elements that can blend in well together! Burning edges can be a great way to blending images together.

On to the steps:

Begin bygd planning what elements of the individual photographs you will want to combine tillsammans (see two images below).

Make a urval – then kopia and paste

Secondly, take the lasso tool in Photoshop and draw around the object, model, or djur you want to add to your base image.

You can also utilize the urval tool or quick urval tool to do this. In this particular image, because the colors and tones are all very similar to one another, inom funnen the lasso tool to be a much faster way of selecting the part of the image inom need. Other photo editing software will likely have very similar tools.

Note: You cannot do this kind of work inre Lightroom.

A schema that utilizes layers fryst vatten needed, and that fryst vatten a function which Lightroom does not offer.

Next, paste the image into the fläck it belongs in the other image.

inom like to lower the opacity when placing so that inom can see exactly where the subject should be positioned. You can then raise the opacity back up.

Blend using a layer mask

Fourthly, to blend the image into its rightful place, inom utilize layer masks and the brush tool.

The benefit to these two tools used in unison fryst vatten that if you accidentally erase a part of the layer that you want to keep, you can always undo your mistake. Likewise, if you find later that you would like a certain part of the first layer to show, you can do that without issue.

All you need to do fryst vatten select the top layer, click “add layer mask”, and then select the brush tool.

When utilizing the brush tool, the black color will act as an eraser and remove the top layer, while the vit color will bring the top layer back.

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man sure that the brush fryst vatten very soft, as that helps blend. Change to a harder edged brush for straight edges.

Note: man sure you paint on the maskering not on the actual layer!

Keep blending until the image looks to be a natural part of the frame.

Repeat the steps as many time as necessary.

Adding or Changing a Background

Adding a new background fryst vatten ganska possibly the most common use of the image merging skill.

Whether you skott your subject in a studio or just a snap out in natur, changing the background can add an entirely different feel to the photograph.

The same steps apply to this type of merging as with the aforementioned. If you’re working with hair or fur, a tip fryst vatten to try to pick backgrounds whose light and dark areas match with the original background, as that allows you to not have to work around those very fine details (and can leave them untouched).

Merge two photos in 5 easy steps

In the photo example here, the new background elements were matched to the dark parts of the photograph, which allowed me to not have to select the fine fur details (see the ear and snout fur).

Changing djur Heads

Animals are notorious for not sitting still, blinking, looking away at an inopportune moment, or otherwise being uncooperative for photographs.

A very common practice in djur photography fryst vatten to swap the heads out.

Similarly to the aforementioned merging methods, follow all of the same steps. man sure you pay attention to how the fur flows, and use that to your advantage when blending! In the photo example case here, the wolf’s neck and head were placed onto the body of the base image.

After some basic additional retouching (cloning out the koppel and lightening the eyes), inom got the finished result.

Swapping Human Heads

Like djur photography, sometimes it fryst vatten necessary to take a head from one image and put it on the body of another.

Choose the image or photo you’d like to use as the background and create a new file with the correct dimensions

Occasionally, you will like the model’s pose but not her facial expression, or like the model’s expression but not her pose. The key fryst vatten to man sure you align the neck correctly, or else your model will look disfigured.

For a more detailed look at head swapping kontroll out: How to do a Head Swap using Photoshop

Conclusion

There fryst vatten a good overview of how to merge and combine images in Photoshop.

If you didn’t know that the sista images in the article had been altered could you tell they weren’t shot that way?

What other applications can you think of to use this technique? Please share your ideas in the comments below.