D70 and Photoshop Question

emunity · Dec 18, 2004

I just took 3 seperate Photos of the people I wokr for. I need to put everyone into one photo and wipe out the background and put a background of my liking.

Is ther any ease 1,2,3 step way of doing this in photoshop or is it going to be complicated?

I started out by wiping out the background with Magic Wand. Not that much trouble. Then I was going to cut and paste the photo's into one but the problem is I created a new photo and want to paste them all in then do adjustments. it seems to be a problem doing it that way because I do not know what size to make the new photo in photshop and pieces i cut and paste either are too small or too big when I do it that way.

This probably seems very simple to most of you but I am just starting to get use to photoshop.

I know I should have taken each one of the photos in the same background. A plain simple background so I didn't have to worry about removing it.

Anyone here who has tried to do maybe you can help me with the steps you went through to put your photos together as one? Alos I am sure I have to shrink it down to make a simple 4 by 6 print.

Thanks

Caoedhen · Dec 18, 2004

emunity said:
I just took 3 seperate Photos of the people I wokr for. I need to
put everyone into one photo and wipe out the background and put a
background of my liking.

Is ther any ease 1,2,3 step way of doing this in photoshop or is it
going to be complicated?

I started out by wiping out the background with Magic Wand. Not
that much trouble. Then I was going to cut and paste the photo's
into one but the problem is I created a new photo and want to paste
them all in then do adjustments. it seems to be a problem doing it
that way because I do not know what size to make the new photo in
photshop and pieces i cut and paste either are too small or too big
when I do it that way.

This probably seems very simple to most of you but I am just
starting to get use to photoshop.

I know I should have taken each one of the photos in the same
background. A plain simple background so I didn't have to worry
about removing it.

Anyone here who has tried to do maybe you can help me with the
steps you went through to put your photos together as one? Alos I
am sure I have to shrink it down to make a simple 4 by 6 print.

Thanks

This doesn't have anything to do with the camera, it is all Photoshop.

You have the right idea, but don't copy and paste. Have both the pic you want to move, and the pic you want to put it in, open. Use the Move tool to drag the pic into the new background. You will have handles to adjust the size and rotation. This will also put the image you drag onto a new layer, and each succesive item will go on a new layer. As long as you don't flattent he image, it makes adjustments to the image as easy as selecting the appropriate layer and doing whatever you need to do.

--
Crime Scene Photography

gshutter · Dec 18, 2004

first, since it sounds like you have elemented that backgrounds on each person so that you only now have 3 people with no backgrounds, you want to select each person to bring into a new photo.

1) Create a new image the size you like

2) Open first file of one of the people and use the magic wand tool to select the background. Then click select / inverse, which will make the selection the person instead of the background.

3) Copy person, paste into new image you created in step 1.

4) Now press Ctrl T to transform image and select the maintain aspect button that looks like a chain in the top of your tool control. Then grab the edges and resize to the appropriate size you want that person.

5) Repeat for each person until you have them all 3 in the new image. You can resize each so that they look like they were together.

That will get you started and then you'll just have to play a little to get the effects you want.

Good luck,

--
--glenn

emunity · Dec 18, 2004

THanks everyone. THat will save me so much time knowing that. Much appreciated.

gshutter said:
first, since it sounds like you have elemented that backgrounds on
each person so that you only now have 3 people with no backgrounds,
you want to select each person to bring into a new photo.

1) Create a new image the size you like

2) Open first file of one of the people and use the magic wand tool
to select the background. Then click select / inverse, which will
make the selection the person instead of the background.

3) Copy person, paste into new image you created in step 1.

4) Now press Ctrl T to transform image and select the maintain
aspect button that looks like a chain in the top of your tool
control. Then grab the edges and resize to the appropriate size
you want that person.

5) Repeat for each person until you have them all 3 in the new
image. You can resize each so that they look like they were
together.

That will get you started and then you'll just have to play a
little to get the effects you want.

Good luck,

--
--glenn

Rick 1977 · Dec 18, 2004

Using PhotoShop CS.
First open up your backround picture.
Then create a new layer for each additional object needed.

By using the magnetic lasso tool or the clone stamp you can copy the image onto your backround. Make sure you have each corresponding layer
selected when resizing for adjustments.
Wa-La you've just created your masterpeice.

emunity said:
gshutter said:

first, since it sounds like you have elemented that backgrounds on
each person so that you only now have 3 people with no backgrounds,
you want to select each person to bring into a new photo.

1) Create a new image the size you like

2) Open first file of one of the people and use the magic wand tool
to select the background. Then click select / inverse, which will
make the selection the person instead of the background.

3) Copy person, paste into new image you created in step 1.

4) Now press Ctrl T to transform image and select the maintain
aspect button that looks like a chain in the top of your tool
control. Then grab the edges and resize to the appropriate size
you want that person.

5) Repeat for each person until you have them all 3 in the new
image. You can resize each so that they look like they were
together.

That will get you started and then you'll just have to play a
little to get the effects you want.

Good luck,

--
--glenn

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jkjond · Dec 19, 2004

The other thing to consider when montaging is how to get rid of backgrounds. Although you've already done this bit I think its worth a mention for future reference.

I prefer to work with each element of the montage on a separate layer and use quick masks to remove unwanted backgrounds. This gives an easy option to correct any bits which are accidently removed and also, by using a soft brush rather than a harsh black/white brush to create the mask, you can get a more sympathetic edge to the separate elements which helps them to blend better. Montages with hard edges always look like montages.

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