Combining photos with Photo Blend
Photo Blend lets you combine two or more photos of the same scene and choose exactly what you want to keep or remove from the scene. Here are some examples:
• Remove moving objects, such as people or cars, from a photo — you can create an empty street in a busy city.
• Fix a group shot in which one person blinks or looks away — simply swap in a better pose from another photo.
• Get creative by showing the same person multiple times in a single photo.
Photo Blend can be used to create perfect group shots.
How do I take photos that work with Photo Blend?
From a tripod or with a steady rest, shoot two or more photos a few seconds apart. Use the same camera settings for all the photos.
Photo Tip: Use the manual setting on your camera to ensure that the photos have the same size, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.
To use Photo Blend
1 In the Manage workspace, select the set of photos that you want to blend.
2 Click File Photo Blend.
3 In the Alignment area, click Align.
To see the results, enable the Preview Alignment check box (near the bottom of the panel).
If you want to crop unaligned edges along the borders of the photos, mark Auto crop.
4 Click a thumbnail in the tray.
The corresponding photo displays in the preview area.
5 In the Custom editing area, do any of the following:
• Click Brush in, and in the preview area, drag over the area that you want to preserve. You don't need to be exact.
• Click Brush out, and in the preview area, drag over the area that you want to remove.
• Click Auto brush if you want the application to auto-detect the differences between the images. Leave the brushmarks as they are to remove ghosting and other differences, or use it as a starting point for custom brushstrokes.
• Enable the Include moving objects check box, and click Auto brush to auto-detect and preserve the differences between photos (for example, if you want to create a multi-pose image).
6 Repeat the editing process for other photos by clicking thumbnails in the tray and applying brushstrokes.
7 Click Process.
Review the results in the preview area. If you want to adjust your settings or continue editing, click Back.
8 In the Step 2: Fine-Tune window, use any of the tools or adjustment controls to fine-tune the image. For more information, see
Using the Adjust workspace.
9 Do one of the following:
• Click Edit to open the file in the Edit workspace if you want to continue editing the photo. The Photo Blend window remains open.
• Click Save and close to save the file, close the Photo Blend window, and return to the workspace you were last using.
You can also | |
Change the brush size | Drag the Brush size slider. |
Refine or erase brushstrokes | Click Eraser, and drag across a brushstroke in the preview area. |
Remove all brushstrokes | Click Clear. |
Change the color of brushstrokes | Click the arrow beside the Brush in or Brush out color swatch and click a new color. |
Hide or display brushstrokes in the preview area | Unmark or mark the Show brushstrokes check box. |
For best results, in the tray of the Step 1 window, click the thumbnail of the image that will change the least, and click the lock button
to use the selected image as background. To unlock the background, click the lock button again.
