Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS3 in 24 Hours

Chapter 20. Compositing Images

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• Image Sources

• Making One Picture from Two

• Realistic Composites

• Replacing a Background

• Making Composites from Nothing

• Putting the Pieces Together with Photomerge

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Compositing can be known by other names. It can be combining, or making a collage, or photomontage. Whatever it’s called, the goal is the same: to make one picture from pieces of other ones. Photoshop is the ideal program for this kind of work for several reasons. First, it has the tools to assemble pieces of different pictures. Second, it gives you the ability to work in layers. Third, its filters, adjustment commands, and styles enable you to blend pictures and add shadows and reflections more ...