For US PS nonexperts.. .it would be more helpful IF you completed ONE method to the end, rather than starting & stopping several ways to import pictures - how about doing ONE way to merge TWO images... then at least, I could follow your instructions... I know you are trying to give many options, some of us [ME] need ONE option that works for now... regards ... will continue to search for ONE method I can follow and get results...
Appreciate watching these methods. However, if I can make a recommendation, I would suggest that if you instruct two different styles, go thru the first style in its entirety, and then show the 2nd style. Jumping back and forth can become a bit confusing, and drag out the learning process when you combine the two. Again, thank you for posting.
I've been so nervous about starting photoshop but this accessible video really calmed me down. I've watched a handful of tutorials but this is the most straight forward, easy to follow lesson on image blending you will ever find. Thanks Colin. I really appreciate this video.
Unclear tutorial. Very unclear for beginners. This is not a step-by-step tutorial but you use pre-packaging-pictures with all kinds of effects already added to it. For example, at 2:17 I suddenly see that you have a transparent background that wasn't there before? Then you move to other tabs with pictures with a transparent layer and then another one doesn't have a transparent layer.
Quick question, if I’m using multiple photos to add into my main photo for example. I want to add fire to the planet earth as well as the Covid virus. Do I follow these same steps to blend them in?
One question, why when i move the girl on top of the city i don't have to click shift to have 2 layers.... there is a + just beside the photo and when i release the mouse i immediatly have the 2 layers without clicking shift.
Sorry this did not work for me. I got confused between your 3 or 4 examples because the jump in between before any were excuted. Hours later I did managed to get two pics up but when I merged my person onto the background only have of her was showing
How about showing people how to blend two images with different colour tones entirely. As this was very very basic using images that were very similar.
Perfect timing. Just yesterday I was trying to blend images and it didn't go so smoothly. After watching this excellent video I'll make it happen. Great learning videos. Keep them coming.
I am very new to photoshop and this really help me. Thank you for the slowly explanation, for showing the button that you gonna click, that really really help me a lot. Already subscribe!
Although this wasn't exactly the main topic I 'd think you should at least have mentioned that in the composition of the cityscape at night and the woman on the rooftop the perspective wasn't really correct once you really look at it (perspective lines of the rooftop intersecting way below the horizon of the cityscape). Beginners sometimes tend to be completely unaware of these essential aspects, though, and in effect regrettably produce work with a weird or at least awkward perspective (sometimes even making it into printed ads as we all know...). So in an educational video like this I really do believe it shouldn't go wholly unnoticed - even if it's just one thing on the side.
Is it possible to merge the color of one picture into the other to make it all into one picture? I have two separate pictures that are different colors and I'd like to make put them together and make both of them the same color so it looks like one picture. Great and helpful video btw, would really appreciate it if you responded!
Is it not a good practice to make the top layer a smart object so that when trying to resize that image into the bottom layer you can freely resize without losing any resolution if you need to make it bigger after shrinking it a bit?
Thank you for carefully explaining each step and saying what to click on each time. Photoshop can be a bit intimidating, but you make me feel a good deal more comfortable doing things in it.
Colin As I trawl your multitude of amazing tutorials have you ever done or do you plan to do making old colour photos look vibrant & pop? The reason is I have 100’s of flood damaged photos many in colour but taken in the 80’s so none of the technology of today & with photoshop & your & PTC tutorials I have removed the damage from many but the photos are mat as appose to glossy & they look flat & lifeless so I hope you can offer some advice help etc thanks as always for a great tutorial..
I will do that Colin thank you these photos are obviously precious & didn’t foresee them being damaged the way they were :/ it was meant to be an airtight container as well!
photoshopCAFE Colin I couldn’t find where to add notes whilst uploading but I added 4 photos to your fix my photo & ahead of time I can’t thank you enough! & fully understand if they are beyond fixing!
photoshopCAFE I couldn’t add a note to Dropbox when I uploaded the photo’s you mentioned my name in your intro so good to know you have them obviously I couldn’t send RAW as they are so old ie from the 80’s & apologies for forgetting surname anyway it’s John Ritchie..Your live stream goes out at midnight so sorry I didn’t make it.. On a good note some of your recent feeds are helping me in my major job of repairing the flood damaged photos so a big thanks..A question? as they are so old is there any advantage in making the resolution 300dpi & using preserve details 2.0 before trying ACR? Thanks as always!
I know this video is old, but I'll comment this anyway for all the newcomers. If you follow the second method where he uses the brush tool to blend the two images, you're most likely confused as to why you're just leaving black lines on your image lol. You have to make sure to have 'Select the layer make' option selected. After you select 'Layer Mask' go up to the 'Properties' tab (below the 'color' tab on the right hand side of the screen) and it will be the option on the left
Thanks for 5:19. I rarely have the need to do that but when I do, I always end up doing a workaround because I forget the correct solution since it was so long since the last time I used it.
Hello Great job on the steps, to create a pic out of a number of photos. can you take a picture and make it smaller and put it into a frame on a wall to make it look like a new picture instead of the old picture? Thank you for your info
Wow, that is a really great technics in photo editing, even I can use it in my video editing, your technics is valuable in editing, I'm very thankful for your valuable tutorials, Colin.
Would you show how to combine pictures that are landscape. For example, you've got a moon shot over some snow-capped mountains. Do you want the foreground to look? Look like an afternoon or evening with no-capped mountains. But you also want the moon to have the depth to reflect it like it really looks. Can you combine something like that and show how.?
Please choose one process, stick with through to the end, and then if you must, show an alternative process from beginning to end. Jumping back and forth between processes is distracting and confusing as AF. Thx
So I’m afraid to buy Photoshop again. After purchasing twice, it only worked a couple of months and then no longer would load or work, even files previously worked on. Really love this program but can’t find customer service for these issues
Something that’s always puzzled me!??…… he says there is two ways to complete the task…WHY?? This i find is continued throughout most other photoshop actions??!!!……. Is this not an un-necessarily complicating the tasks?? Could someone explain to me why Adobe needs to have the same task duplicated by several ways to achieve the same end result!!???……
I know you made this 3 years ago but if should make another one show only one way at a time. By showing multiple ways and jumping around it is confusing and trying to work on another computer and follow along at the same time is frustrating. I know I can stop and rewind the video but explain one solution at a time would make it easier for us dummies out here. For some reason, I can't get my background photo to stay in the background. it pops up on top and I don't know how to switch them. thanks.
That a great lesson. I am learning astrophotography, and many times I have to combine images and edit them individually. I bring in one images with just stars only and another image with just the nebula showing. Do you have some other lessons that might address this.
Just starting to learn to composite, this was a great easy way to begin. Already knew some of the shortcuts, but as usual, you always learn something when watching these, thanks for taking the time and effort to pull this content together. Nice!
I do not have photoshop and I need your advice please as to which program would be best! I only have an Apple SE iphone and I am seriously interested in combining and blending photos of pets as a business on the to internet! I am a pet sitter lost in Mesquite NV. I truly know how much love and joy these little furry ones enhance their owners lives! Having beautiful photos would only add to their enrichment. I truly thank you in advance for your help.
Talk about milkin' it! It took you four minutes, 50% of the video to get to the doing of the title of your instructional video! There is a difference between creating good instructional content and killing time. Thumbs down.
Video is "OK" you spent way too long a time on the importing images and then speeded extremely fast on the blending part and you speeded through the !layer mask" without explaining in slow motion what it is and how to use it.. Someone with zero knowledge of blending or layer masks or choosing / using brushes wont be able to keep up. If you want people to learn, go slow on everything and split the time equally so its not rushed at the end. Cheers!
Can you tell me, do you use two monitors? Love how you teach step by step and doing so in a simple manner! Basic teaching slow and easy step start for me which I think it is about absolutely great!
That blonde girl was one of my highschool friends. I was surprised when I saw her in this video but not too surprised because taking cool pictures like this is kind of what she does.
question. i have a picture of a face that is kinda small, and a camera i want to merge onto the face but the camera is large. when i try to make the face larger, it loses so much resolution in the image =/ is there any way to fix this? also, were your images in this video of the woman and the city the exact size? any help would be much appreciated. thanks
Nice tutorial, but it's not what I'm looking for, if you happen to know how to combine 4 images with a difference of 1 pixel from one to the other and make a new one with 4x the resolution without being upscaling, I would be grateful if you could give the tip
Hi, Colin! I am also Colin! Thank you for all your tutorials. This is such a helpful RU-vid channel! Is that a Death Trooper, Darth Maul, and Emperor Palpatine behind you? I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan, and I got a nice collection of photos from Disneyland's Star Wars Galaxy's Edge before the park closed, and I'm going to use everything I learned from you to make some composites with them!
Thanks. For some reason I have always had an issue with combining two images. I think it was some type of mental block. Thank you and thank you for all you do.
It would have been so much more helpful if you would have just followed one method all the way through before showing another method. I am more confused now than I was before I watched this video. 😭
