Would Like Help Please.
Dec 18, 2012 05:23:56 #
I was playing with my camera and one of my grand sons on the week end and produced the following compilation shot. I first saw this done by someone on this site a few months ago but unfortunately I "assumed" I knew how it was done at the time and thought "that's neat I'll do that one day"
Well I obviously didn't know how it was done because my result is not as good as what I've seen done and it took a while with layer masks etc. I thought there was a process in photoshop whereby you could just "meld" shots that were so similar together but I couldn't find it. can anyone help please - maybe the person that posted the one I looked at a few months ago. I know the focus is off and i know why so please don't bother about commenting on that.
The second shot is the same grand son feeding pelicans at a local tourist attraction - just for fun.
Well I obviously didn't know how it was done because my result is not as good as what I've seen done and it took a while with layer masks etc. I thought there was a process in photoshop whereby you could just "meld" shots that were so similar together but I couldn't find it. can anyone help please - maybe the person that posted the one I looked at a few months ago. I know the focus is off and i know why so please don't bother about commenting on that.
The second shot is the same grand son feeding pelicans at a local tourist attraction - just for fun.
Dec 18, 2012 06:16:57 #
Dec 18, 2012 07:09:29 #
donrent wrote:
Ahhh.... Those are good... Really good........
Thank you donrent. appreciate you looking. can you help with my quandry? :-D
Dec 18, 2012 08:13:48 #
Very nicely done. Not sure what you are not happy with. Maybe let us know where the problem is and then click the "Store Original" box when you upload so we can look at the 'details' of the photo.
Dec 18, 2012 08:25:05 #
I don't use photoshop, but I do not believe that there is a 'one click' for this.
If there is no subject overlap, then your job is easy. Do a 'show all' mask on each layer, erase your subject and then invert the mask. If the lighting and camera angle was consistent and the tripod wasn't bumped, results will be perfect.
If you have overlap then you have to zoom in and do some fine-tuning with the mask.
I know you said not to mention the focus, but if you go f8 or so and set the camera to manual focus, you should be good.
Here are a few of my attempts. Pay careful attention to the area near the smurf. A classic case of bumping the tripod.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-60028-1.html
If there is no subject overlap, then your job is easy. Do a 'show all' mask on each layer, erase your subject and then invert the mask. If the lighting and camera angle was consistent and the tripod wasn't bumped, results will be perfect.
If you have overlap then you have to zoom in and do some fine-tuning with the mask.
I know you said not to mention the focus, but if you go f8 or so and set the camera to manual focus, you should be good.
Here are a few of my attempts. Pay careful attention to the area near the smurf. A classic case of bumping the tripod.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-60028-1.html
Dec 18, 2012 14:27:44 #
Dec 18, 2012 15:57:09 #
Wahawk wrote:
Very nicely done. Not sure what you are not happy with. Maybe let us know where the problem is and then click the "Store Original" box when you upload so we can look at the 'details' of the photo.
Thank you Wahawk, Then end result is "ok" except for the focus blurr (which I know I stuffed up) but it took too long to do the way I did it and I know there is a better way because I've seen it here. I Found it difficult to import eash picture and align it before I could use a layer mask. The second shot is just a bit of fun with my grand son feeding a flock of pelicans. He ran out in front to look like he was doing it when the actual guy feeding the birds went to get more fish. Thanks for looking.
Dec 18, 2012 15:58:45 #
PalePictures wrote:
Numer 2 is excellent!
Russ
Russ
Thank you Russ, coming from you that is quite a compliment - appreciate it. I admire your work.
Dec 18, 2012 16:03:41 #
hlmichel wrote:
I don't use photoshop, but I do not believe that t... (show quote)
That's it!!! Thank you michael. The web site address on the post of your first attempt was exactly what I was looking for. It automatically aligns all the layers, and the way the layers are brought into the scene is much better too. Great stuff - Thanks a lot.
Dec 18, 2012 19:28:37 #
infocus wrote:
I was playing with my camera and one of my grand s... (show quote)
I say "Well done!" I tried a little with a horse jumping one somone posted earlier this week and got an idea of how hard it is.
I believe Elements has a photomerge feature that might do something like what you want but I haven't seen it in CS6.
Dec 18, 2012 22:36:28 #
MtnMan wrote:
quote=infocus I was playing with my camera and on... (show quote)
Thanks for looking MtnMan. Yes Photoshop does have it hlmichel on this site directed me to it. Like a lot of PS stuff it's nothing like you'd think it to be. It's under File>scripts>load (not merge) files into stack. Thanks again.
Dec 19, 2012 06:18:22 #
Though it may not do exactly what you are looking for, in PSE (I'm using 11 but used earlier versions as well) search "photo merge" in the help section. That is where you will find the "one click" versions for stitching photos.
Dec 19, 2012 07:15:23 #
I think it looks really good. There is like someone else said a one button push do all. The key is to have the camera on a solid tripod and get several good shots. ( which it looks like you have done ) Maybe could have done a little shadowing but other than that good job. Post original and many of us like to play around with them to see if there is something done that you like. I often do this, just to see other peoples work and techniques. I have learned a lot this way.
Dec 19, 2012 07:30:48 #
infocus wrote:
I was playing with my camera and one of my grand s... (show quote)
There is a process in PS where you layer your prints then erase the parts of each one that you don't like. It's really good for group shots where there is always one person in each shot who looks weird. Layer two shots and keep the face you want. Sometimes it's a lifesaver.
Dec 19, 2012 07:44:33 #
danielle_andrassy
Loc: Ontario, Canada
infocus wrote:
I was playing with my camera and one of my grand s... (show quote)
I love them both but number two is excellent.
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