Chapter 10. Combining Multiple Images

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You can do a lot to improve a photo with tonal adjustments and color corrections, but at times the best way to produce the perfect image is to fake it!

In this lesson you’ll learn some of the tricks you’ll need for combining multiple photos to create that great shot that you didn’t actually get:

  • Merging multiple photos into a panorama

  • Assembling the perfect group shot

  • Removing unwanted elements

  • Combining images using layers

  • Resizing and repositioning selections

  • Creating a gradient clipping mask

  • Defringing a selection

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You’ll probably need between one and two hours to complete this lesson.

If you’re ready to go beyond fixing pictures in conventional ways, this lesson ...

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