OT:Photoshop help

sinaloa213

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i'm trying to blend two photos together with photoshop 7.0 and i cant figure it out i've tried using the gradient tool and still cant figure it out.
can anyone help
i've already looked it up in google and yahoo
:help: :help:
 

darknes

Active Member
Originally Posted by SiNaLOa213
i'm trying to blend two photos together with photoshop 7.0 and i cant figure it out i've tried using the gradient tool and still cant figure it out.
can anyone help
i've already looked it up in google and yahoo
:help: :help:
There should be a "clone" tool. Look up how to use that, it might be what you wanted.
 

f14peter

Member
A lot depends upon how you want to blend them. Are you after something like a collage effect? Inserting one picture into another? Without seeing an example of what you're after, hard to offer more definative advise.
Presuming they're on seperate layers, for a collage I'd is the highligter (marquee?) tool to highlight the area I want to get rid of, then delete it (or use the eraser tool), leaving yourself some wiggle room to trim up and fine tune later. Then I'd overlap and move the two layers around to about how you want the final image to look. Then use the soft-edged eraser (or even a soft edged highlighter) to eliminate very gradually the edges.
Inserting one picture in another is easy. Put the inserted picture in a layer above the base picture, then erase (through the various means) what you don't want. One trick is to adjust the opacity of the upper picture so that you can see the lower picture through it to aid in erasing.
here's one I did, just for grins . . .
 

saltn00b

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i agree with f-14, we need a bit more info to help you because there are just too many variables. post the two pics and what you intend to do.
 

f14peter

Member
Originally Posted by whitey_028
merge layers...
But only after you're done with trimming, placement, adjustments with chroma/saturation/filtering. Once you merge layers, you've lost the ability to manipulate the pictures seperately.
 

npage

Member
Place the second photo on a layer above the first and add a layer mask to the topmost layer. Select the mask and either use a soft brush or the gradient tool to blend the two.
Remember that black hides and white reveals.

I also wouldn't merge or flatten anything until you are finished. (measure twice, cut once)
 
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