2.5 Compositing Mulitple Images into One - Adobe photoshop cs4 video

Digital compositing refers to the process in which multiple images are assembled to create one final image. The following exercise takes seven images and composites them to create one final image. To combine multiple images into one file go to the File menu and select Open. In the list of data files for Advanced Part 2, locate and simultaneously open composite _1.psd to composite _7.psd And select Open. If you click on each of the images, the subject is located in a different part of the background. To view all the images at once click on Window menu, point to Arrange, and select Tile. We’re going to transfer all of the images into composite_1.psd Let’s start with composite_2.psd by clicking on the image, holding down the Shift key then dragging it into composite_1.psd By holding down the Shift key, it will align the images on top of each other. Let’s repeat the same steps with composite_3.psd composite_4.psd composite_5.psd composite_6.psd And composite_7.psd With image composite_1.psd selected, double-click on the Layers panel. There should be seven layers total. Now let’s exit out of all of the other images. In the Tools panel, right-click on the Lasso tool then select Lasso tool. In the Options bar, set the Feather to 10 pixels. Then with Layer 6 selected, go to your canvas and make a rough selection of your subject. Afterwards go back to the Layers panel and click on the Add Layer Mask icon. We’re going to repeat the same steps. Let’s select our second subject then in the Layers panel select Layer 5 then click on the Add Layer Mask icon. Continue doing the same thing, but make sure you move down one layer every time you finish making a selection. Also, don’t forget to add a layer mask every time you moved down one layer. Once you’ve gone to Layer 1, you’re all finished. You can choose to flatten the image or just leave it as it is and save it.