Light Room? How can I combine 3 imgs
Jan 9, 2012 09:31:10 #
I have a sweet 16 coming up in two weeks. the Mother of the birthday girl wants me to combine her daughters picture with her grand ma an grand pa. they are three different pictures and she wants me to make it into one, can it be done in light room if so how? if not then in photo shop but I need to know how. I never worked with photo shop but my wife has. thank you in advance.
Jan 9, 2012 11:47:44 #
Sing141
Loc: NoWhere, LA
You are talking about three different photos and want to include the person in each photo into one photo. No way in Lightroom unless you find a LR plugin that will do it and if you are asking then you probably have not used LR enough to do that.
There are ways in Photoshop. Do a search for combining photos in Photoshop and something will come up, but if you are not very familiar with Photoshop you may not understand the instructions.
Probably the easiest way in Photoshop is to combine the three photos into a stack of three with the photo you want as background in the bottom layer (probably the girl). Then erase all but grandpa in one of the layers and all but the grandma in the other layer. Then you can move the grandparents around on the photo with the girl and the background until you get what you want. That will work but may not be very eye appealing depending on what the original photos look like and your knowledge about Photoshop. You might post the photos here which would help with suggestions.
There are ways in Photoshop. Do a search for combining photos in Photoshop and something will come up, but if you are not very familiar with Photoshop you may not understand the instructions.
Probably the easiest way in Photoshop is to combine the three photos into a stack of three with the photo you want as background in the bottom layer (probably the girl). Then erase all but grandpa in one of the layers and all but the grandma in the other layer. Then you can move the grandparents around on the photo with the girl and the background until you get what you want. That will work but may not be very eye appealing depending on what the original photos look like and your knowledge about Photoshop. You might post the photos here which would help with suggestions.
Jan 9, 2012 12:11:51 #
Sing141 wrote:
You are talking about three different photos and w... (show quote)
yea I didn't think it was posible in LR I will give my wife these suggestions. thank you for your time and help. I need to learn how to use CS5 I haven't had time to mess with it. she knows how to use it so I am sure she will understand what you just posted.
Jan 9, 2012 12:13:29 #
I will get the photos and post them.the grandparents pics I have to scan because they we not digital imgs. but the one of the girl is.
Jan 10, 2012 07:47:11 #
Ann B
Loc: Northeast Indiana
In PS instead of erasing all but grandpa I would consider using a mask, easier to tweak it if you change you mind along the way -- IOW, you don't have to start all over!
Jan 10, 2012 10:23:46 #
Ann B wrote:
In PS instead of erasing all but grandpa I would consider using a mask, easier to tweak it if you change you mind along the way -- IOW, you don't have to start all over!
ok thanks for the tip
Jan 10, 2012 21:57:07 #
here are the pics not the best by far. I will post what my wife did with them but if you all can come up with someting diffrent please do. this is just to pass through the screen that the DJ will be looping at the party. so these will not be printed so I am not to worried about pic quality just want to make it look good. thank you for helping me out and for your input. I wante to have them in the same background but my wife said she needs step by step. yes as you can see we are beginers at this.
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Jan 11, 2012 04:14:27 #
nimster64 wrote:
I have a sweet 16 coming up in two weeks. the Mother of the birthday girl wants me to combine her daughters picture with her grand ma an grand pa. they are three different pictures and she wants me to make it into one, can it be done in light room if so how? if not then in photo shop but I need to know how. I never worked with photo shop but my wife has. thank you in advance.
Hi nimster: This is a very interesting challenge they have posed you. Your photos of the girl are crisp and clear, while the photos of grandma and grandpa are poor quality at best and appear to be just snap shots. I'm guessing neither of them are around to pose with the girl. My question to you then would be how to incorporate their photos in with hers and still make them seem some what natural. I noticed the mirror in the back ground and thought what if they were in the mirror on either side of her reflection looking out and down at her. By cropping them to a head and shoulders you would eliminate some of the back ground, making it easier to mask that area and layer them into the mirror. Just a thought. I know it didn't apply to your question but I'm pretty sure most of the work can be done in photoshop. I have both LR3 and Ellements 10 and like yourself I still finding out what I can do in each. Good luck.
Jan 11, 2012 08:51:21 #
travlnman46 wrote:
quote=nimster64 I have a sweet 16 coming up in tw... (show quote)
Thank you for your reply. I will try that and see how it looks. good idea. yes it is a challenge. since it is not for printing I nor the client is worry about it. it will be in a slide show. I took the picture of the birthday girl and was supplied the pics of the grand parents. correct they are no longer here.
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Jan 20, 2012 20:01:11 #
I just have to clean it up a bit lie her leg but thats it. I think they will lie it. Thanks
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