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    Adobe Photoshop 5: Joining Images

    Join two images 

     

    1. Open two pictures: one is the source image (i.e. with the picture or layer you want to move) and the other is the destination image (i.e. the new background). In this case the Mona Lisa is the source image [A] and David Hockney’s Bigger Splash is the destination image [B].

    2.   Click on the source image to activate it and use the Zoom tool to magnify it at least 200% so that you can work more accurately. 

    3. Click on the Polygon Lasso Tool [it may be hidden in a fly-out menu] 

     

    The Photoshop interface

    Options palette

    1. Check the Polygon Lasso Options palette on the right. Options change according to the tool you have selected. Feather by 1 or 2 pixels to soften the edges of the selection and tick the Anti-aliased box to smooth jagged edges further.

    2. You can now select the Mona Lisa by carefully clicking around her outline. Click on the image wherever you want to anchor the line and change direction.

    3. To delete an anchor point press Delete on the keyboard. If you make a mistake go to Select > None and start again.

    4. When the marquee encloses the selection and has connected with the start point, double click to close the border.

    5. Go to Edit > Copy

    6. Click on the destination image [B] and go to Edit > Paste. The selection will be pasted as a new layer. Click off the selection tool you used.

    7. You can resize the selection (Mona Lisa) by going to Edit > Transform > Scale. Drag the handles to re-size and press Enter or double click to apply the transformation.

    8. Edit > Transform > Rotate allows you to tilt the selection.

    9. Use the Move tool to position the selection

    10. To place the diving board over the figure go to the Layers palette and click on the Background layer to activate it.
      Layers palette

    11. This time, as there is a strong tonal contrast between the board and the water you can use the Magic Wand to make a selection. The Magic wand selects pixels by similar colour.  Click on the Magic Wand and check the tool Options. Experiment with different tolerances [the range is 0 – 255]. I used a Tolerance of 20.

    12. Copy and paste the selection as before. Position it on top of the original diving board.

    13. Use the Rubber Stamp tool to clone part of the splash to cover the figure: click on the Background layer again and ALT- CLICK to select a source for the stamp. Select another layer to paint the splash on or make a new layer for it: Layer > New > Layer. Call it Splash.

    14. When you have finished manipulating the image merge all the layers into one to reduce file size: Layer > Flatten Image. This is irreversible, so only do it when you are satisfied that you have no further changes to make to those layers.

     

    TIP: Don't forget to save different versions of your work at regular intervals and number them e.g. clone1, clone2

     

    		Mona Lisa in Hockney's pool

    1. Now go to File > Save As and give the new image a different name from either of the originals.

    2. For image compression with minimum loss of detail select JPEG as the File Type.  

     

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