How do you blend photos together

10/09/2005 04:39:23 PM · #1

I'm trying to create a simple composite of two photos butted up against one another. Not a panorama and not a perfect blend but will work OK for what I need. What is the best way to blend the seam in PS so you don't get a dreadful line running down the middle?

Thanks

Imagineer

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

10/09/2005 04:44:00 PM · #2

Use layer masks. Search the forums for info.

10/09/2005 11:16:58 PM · #3

Thanks. I've searched the forums and a couple of entries were very helpful. I've now learnt about layer masks so many thanks.

The entry that seemed most relevant to me suggested a layer mask and then a paintbrush set to black to let the layer below show through. But I must be clicking on the wrong paintbrush or something because i can;t find a black and white option on my paintbrush.

Any other help/suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks

gaurawa

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/09/2005 11:54:48 PM · #4

Originally posted by joezl:

....... But I must be clicking on the wrong paintbrush or something because i can;t find a black and white option on my paintbrush.

Any other help/suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks

The brush color is the same as the foreground color. choose the foreground color to whatever you want.

Imagineer

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

10/10/2005 06:19:42 PM · #5

Originally posted by joezl:

... But I must be clicking on the wrong paintbrush or something because i can;t find a black and white option on my paintbrush.

Any other help/suggestions would be much appreciated...

Ensure that you click on the box to the right of your layer (which is the mask thumbnail) and you'll see that the only colours available to you are black or white.

Pioneer

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX DG HSM for Canon EOS

10/10/2005 06:25:48 PM · #6

I don't know what program you are using or if you tried this already, but in PS(at least in CS) you open the program click on file, then automate, then photomerge. Then pick as many pictures as you want to put together. It will try to match them left to right lowest # to highest, so if you know a head of time which one should be where, then maybe just renumber them 1,2,3 or however many you have then the program does the rest. If the shots look close normally this works well to stick them together.

Good luck..Mike

10/10/2005 06:36:07 PM · #7

Thanks. Will this work if I want to stitch them one on top of the other and if the backgrounds don;t really match for stitching?

Imagineer

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

10/10/2005 06:41:09 PM · #8

No. Photomerge (automated) only works with images that have similar edges like a multi-shot panorama. You can do it manually though and then leave the resulting 'effort' as layers which you can tweak after with layer masks.

Message edited by author 2005-10-10 18:41:25.

Pioneer

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX DG HSM for Canon EOS

10/10/2005 08:27:55 PM · #9

I thought you were wanting to merge photo's as though you had taken them side by side, I guess you just want to totally different photo's stuck together, that won't look right in this. If you were taking shot with your camera on it side and all the pictures were still left on the edge then they will work, a friend of mine stacked building shots on top of each other this way and they rotated after they were all join for one long/tall photo of a highrise building.

10/10/2005 08:42:15 PM · #10

Thanks for the tips.

Just to get rid of the hypothetical, here is the image I'm trying to create. The top image is a rotated copy of the bottom image and you can see that there is an unsightly seam between the two - besides teh fcat that the staining on the floor doesn;t match. I'm trying to get this to look like a single image.

Thanks for the help guys.

Brent_Ward

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L USM

10/10/2005 09:00:31 PM · #11

your angle of view is opposite of each other. It will look very unrealistic

Message edited by author 2005-10-10 21:00:46.