Practical Paint.NET: The Powerful No-Cost Image Editor for Microsoft Windows

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P. WhittPractical Paint.NEThttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7283-1_7

7. Compositing Images

Phillip Whitt¹  

(1)

Columbus, GA, USA

 

In this chapter, we’ll cover the basics of adding elements to an image (in the upcoming tutorial, we’ll be adding birds in flight to an image) as well as replacing backgrounds.

The tutorials covered in this chapter are

• Tutorial 19: Adding Elements to an Image

• Tutorial 20: Simple Background Replacement

• Chapter Conclusion

Tutorial 19: Adding Elements to an Image

In this tutorial, we’re going to add a flock of birds in flight to the image of the street lamp we worked with in the previous chapter. While most would agree that it looks much ...