![]() ![]() Holding down the left mouse button and the shift key while dragging, move it over the image that will be your background and then release. To make your photos merge, all you need to do is click the Move tool on the left icon menu, and click the image you want as the overlay. Step 2: Now that you’ve opened up both images, you’ll see their respective tabs along the top of your Photoshop window. It’s important that both images have the same size and that they both use the same color space option. Step 1: Select a background image and a top layer image that you want to merge together. If you fill part of an overlying layer with white, it will remain visible, and if you fill it with black, it will be concealed to show the background imageīasically, you can use masks to hide and show parts of both superimposed images very selectively. This is done by using black and white gradients. Layer Masks basically control the transparency of a layer, but with one very useful twist: instead of a whole layer being given a certain level of transparency, the Layer Masks method lets you apply it at different levels across different parts of an overlaying (layered) image. You can actually do a ton of stuff with Layer Mask, and to cover all of it would mean a whole separate tutorial just for this specific method, so here we’ll focus on the essentials for understanding this process easily. With the other two techniques we’re going to cover below, this last trick isn’t quite as easy. It also comes with the benefit of letting you manipulate exactly how and where two images blend together. This is probably the most versatile and popular method of merging two images in Photoshop. To start things off, let’s look at Layer Mask. Ready to get started? Here’s how to mesh two photos together using Adobe Photoshop. (You can also record the steps to make an Action like these.)Īlso note that the following techniques have been arranged in order of difficulty from more complex (and powerful) down to the simplest, though the basic photo joining steps described in Method 1 (Layer Masks) apply to all three photo merging options.Īlternatively, if you don’t have the time or inclination to use Photoshop on your desktop, there are also phone app options available for both Android and iPhone that allow you to do a quick creative blending of two photos. We actually explain how to do a basic version of this for methods 2 and 3 below. It’s also possible to combine two or more of the options below together to create a more complex photo composition. Some of these will fit your specific needs better than others, so experiment a bit and see what works best for the final creative result you want. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to merge two images in Photoshop, this guide will show you three fairly simple and fundamental techniques you can use to combine images creatively.Īs with most tasks in Adobe Photoshop, there are several ways to achieve the same outcome. ![]()
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