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Hi all, hope you already Christmas :)

I would like to know how to create the photos ive seen where there's maybe 25 of the same person in one room, usually doing lots of different stuff. Id like to try this but im unsure how its done.

I thought camera on tripod and take the same image but with me moving around etc then do some thing with them in PS. I then thought id get confused with were I had been and I might overlap?
also I don't know how to put them together in PS is just new layers?

Cheers :thumbs:
 
You're pretty much there to be honest Liam.

Lock off the tripod and then just move around, taking a shot each time. Load them all in to the same image in Photoshop (other image processing software is available :D) on individual layers, and delete the bits you don't want leaving you in various places in the frame.

Probably best to get the settings for the first shot and switch the camera to manual so that focus and exposure stays the same as you move round the room as it will make for an easier 'blend' in post processing :thumbs:
 
Its called a multiplicity, Its best to just do a few poses at first then youll get the idea of where and how to pose in different positions, as for PS you just add them all to layers and use layer masks then if you go wrong a bit you can easily rectify it, HTHs
 
Simmotino said:
You're pretty much there to be honest Liam.

Lock off the tripod and then just move around, taking a shot each time. Load them all in to the same image in Photoshop (other image processing software is available :D) on individual layers, and delete the bits you don't want leaving you in various places in the frame.

Probably best to get the settings for the first shot and switch the camera to manual so that focus and exposure stays the same as you move round the room as it will make for an easier 'blend' in post processing :thumbs:
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Thanks for the fast replies!! :) oh right I see so i pretty much had the right idea then :) ill have to have a look on youtube about these layers etc as im not 100% sure on them well actually im not even 30% on em to be honest :lol:

Just Dave said:
Its called a multiplicity, Its best to just do a few poses at first then youll get the idea of where and how to pose in different positions, as for PS you just add them all to layers and use layer masks then if you go wrong a bit you can easily rectify it, HTHs
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Just Dave said:
I must type quicker :lol:
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Thank you for your not quite as fast reply :lol: :lol: I didn't know it had a name, thats helpful ill be able to google it now brilliant.

Thanks :thumbs:
 
Right well just been trying and I cant do it. I really need a bloody course in photoshop! so frustrating!! :bang:
Found some good Tutorials on tube how to do it but they are all for full PS there's nothing about Elements 10.

So I just doing what he was any way he painted over things with a black background brush, thought its photoshop itll be the same ha yeah right i just painted big bloody black lines everywhere so switched to white and.. same! :bang::bang::bang:
 
Have a look at this Gavin Hoey video which pretty much explains it all.

Edit: Sorry, I was looking for the link whilst you were replying above and didn't realise you were using Elements. Gavin uses PS.
 
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Cheers, im starting to think that elements is Crap! i can never do anything in it. its all cs5 why would they make something that is so different. good im p*ssed right now
 
I don't know Luke.

does anyone know how to do that paint thing black is for cover up and white expose or something like that, every time im doing it im just painted black or white bloody lines ha
 
Dont think you can do that in LR afaik, are you talking about PS Liam? Try painting with black/white brush on a layer mask, that should do it.
 
You can't use a layer mask on an image in Elements IIRC, so you'd have to paste the image to a layer and then use the eraser tool to remove everythiong but you from the image.

Of course, you have to be very careful doing this as it's difficult to rectify if you rub out something you didn't want to! Best to do a little and then release the mouse, and then do a little more. That way you can undo the last bit if you get it wrong without having to start too far back each time.

When you paste the second image on (which would be on layer 1), make the background image invisible (the little eye icon in the layers palette) and then delete everything bar you on layer 1.

Do the same with layer 2, making layer 1 invisible as well, so on and so forth.

When you are done, make them all visible and touch up as necessary :thumbs:
 
Right well im going for a Coffee break then ill try again lol thanks for advice, will see if i can get it to work.

oh and I have PS Elements 10 Igor :)
 
Layer Masks were added to Elements 9 and are available in 10.
Open 2 images that you want to work with, they should both show in the Project Bin at the bottom of Elements with 1 of them in the main editing space, drag the other image from the project bin on top of the 1st image in the main editing space.
You will then have the 2nd image showing in the main editing space and 2 layers showing in the layers panel.
Click on the top layer in the Layer panel (2nd Image) to ensure that it is selected and then click on the Add Layer Mask button, it is at the bottom of the Layer Panel and is a grey rectangle with a white circle in it.
This should add a layer mask next to the top image in the Layer Panel, it looks like a white rectangle. Click on the layer mask (the white rectangle) to make sure that it is selected as this is what you will be painting on.
Press the D on the keyboard and your colours will change to Black Foreground and White background. They may be that already but it never hurts to make sure.
Now as you paint in black over the image in the main editing space with the brush tool you are actually painting on the layer mask and you should see the bottom image showing through, paint in white and you can bring the top image back.
If you press the X on the keyboard you can swap the Black and White so you have a White foreground etc. press it again and they swap back.
Make sure that the Brush Opacity is set to 100% or you will see the bottom image "ghosting through".
Once you have mastered 2 images you can do as many as you like, it just gets harder to keep track of where you are.
 
I believe they are called composites. I tried it ages ago with a Nikon D40, a spur of the moment first attempt which I threw together in 2 mins in Photoshop (was just to see if I could do it).
 
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