infocus Loc: Australia

OK Bob, You pushed me into it. I have posted this on UHH some time ago but thought it may also apply here.
While you could hardly call it "artistry" it does require a little digital manipulation which I think fits this new section.
The boy is my grandson, Hamish and he enjoyed the fun hope you all do too.

I added the first picture in an Edit but it positioned itself first. Any way that's Hamish as a baby.

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

A very handsome little boy, and loved his 'playmates,' lol! Nice work!

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Man! That lad gets around! Can you please explain the basics of how you create the multiple images? ...... and I love the topic title.

Snap Shot Loc: California

Fantastic job on both! They certainly fit perfectly in this forum! Great job!

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

A beautiful little boy who quickly turned into a set of identical quads! Enjoyed them very much. Excellent work John.

infocus Loc: Australia

Thanks Bob glad you liked it. Rather than me try to explain it in detail here is a web link that tells you exactly how it's done. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3spT03p0XAQ

If the web link doesn't work google "Multiplicity in photoshop YouTube."

infocus Loc: Australia

Thank you very much, glad you liked it It's a bit of fun.

infocus Loc: Australia

Thank you SS, glad you liked them and that they do fit in here.

infocus Loc: Australia

Thank you very much Sylvia.

sleepydrdr Loc: Chattanooga, TN

Love the eyes in the first photo! The second photo is way cool! I'm going to have to learn how to do that.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Your multiples is such a fun shot. I bet he really enjoyed seeing the results too!

infocus Loc: Australia

Thanks Linda, Yes he did, so did his parents LoL.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

The basics of mulitiplicity:

- Use a tripod so that the background is stable and does not move
- Use a remote shutter control or timer so the camera does not produce camera shake
- Take several poses of the same person
- In Photoshop, load all the images into seperate layers using File>Scripts>Load Files into Stack
- When the Load Files dialog opens, browse to your images and select all different images of the person
- Because you used a tripod you can uncheck the box "Attempt to Automatically Align Source Images"
- Wait for images to load into the layer panel
- Click on the top image to make it active. Create a Layer Mask on the top layer. In PS or PSE, there is an icon that looks like a black rectangle with a white circle in the center. Clicking on that will create the Layer Mask
- Select the brush tool and set the foreground color to black. Brush over the image of the person. Basically, he or she will disappear and the background from the image which is immediately beneath the top layer will show through
- Click on the layer mask and click Ctrl-I. This will invert the mask and now you should see two images of the same person, one from the top layer, and the second from the layer immediately beneath it
- Repeat the procedure for the the other layers, moving down the photo stack. In the second layer, you will mask out only the second image of the person, in the third, the third image and so forth
- By the time you arrive at the final layer, all of the different images of the same person will appear on a common background

angela k Loc: Long Island

John, your grandson's baby picture is absolutely precious and those eyes!!!!!!!! I love what you did in the second shot, not only one cute Hamish, but four!!!!!
I must remember to try this with Zachary!!
He's adorable and you must be one proud Grandpa!!!!

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

I got crazy into this a few years back, and still love to see others doing it...great job!!