If you ever had the time would you create a tut on how to do the post where it’s two post in one? Like where the house and dina and robin were blending in well?
sure! idk how great my explanation will be but the tutorial will be below the cut!
fyi, i literally just googled "how to blend to images together on photoshop" and followed the directions . so there might be an easier way but this just how it works for me.
step one: grab the two photos you want to blend together. I like to crop them to a 12x7 ratio and make sure they are the same size. below are the two pics i'll be blending together.
note: it's not necessary but I try to crop one image pulling towards one side. just helps with placement and stuff.
step two: i'm going to copy and past the top photo onto the bottom photo and place it where I want it to roughly be.
step three: we're going to create a layer mask on the image on top. it's the button that has a rectangle with a circle inside of it.
step four: now we're going to the gradient (press 'g' for shortcut) and make sure you pick the black to white gradiant colors under the basic folder.
note: if you don't see the gradient tool right click the paint bucket and you can see it in the options!
step 5: alright make sure you're in the mask layer and we are going to click and drag where we want the two images to bled. the black is going to be what's 'blended' and the white is going to be what's kept. while creating your line hold the 'shift' button to keep it straight.
you are going to want to play around to see what looks best for your pics.
the red line in the pic is the line I drew to show you!
bonus step 6: sometimes I want my sim to stand out a bit more. so im going to the original photo and click on the top left where it says 'select' and then click subject in the drop menu.
if it's doesn't grab your subject perfectly use the quick select tool ('w' is the short cut) and use it to get a better selection.
bonus step 7: now we're going to copy that selection and paste it to the merged photo set. make sure it lines up nicely and is the top layer. i'm also going to fix the gradient so the transition looks smoother!
and tadaaaa you are mostly done. i like to recrop the image to be a 9x7 so it looks nice!
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