Multiple images of one person in photo

kimaldis said:
You make a mistake with the eraser, you have to go back and start again. If it's a tricky mask, that can be a lot of work.

With a layer mask, you get to quickly try stuff just to see if it works and get rid of it if it doesn't. Fast visual feedback is important when you're doing this kind of stuff.
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No you can use the history brush.

All you need to do is erase EVERYTHING bar the person on every layer other than the back one. Where the people might overlap you just change the transparency!

I know about masks etc but still think that the eraser method is just FAR simpler and works. Like I said, each to their own! There are several ways of doing pretty much anything in Photoshop so it is just a matter of finding the one that suits you.
 
Here's a couple of mine, the vanity of it :lol:

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I used a tutorial i got from one of the Digital photo magazine using layers, i never do it that often and always have to refer back to the CD when i do :bonk:
 
cowasaki said:
Using masks is unnecessarily complicating matters and the eraser is completely undoable as well using the history brush or undo. I use masks etc regularly but in this situations the eraser is fine. BUT if that is the way you want to do it then fine :D
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the difference with the eraser and using the history is that you have to go back to that state and lose anything you did between then and now. Although i saw you mention a history brush, does that prevent this from occurring?

With masks you can adjust any section back to the way it was before without losing all the stuff you did afterwards :thumbs:
 
Scarecrow said:
I often find these type of photographs benefit if the person has a change of clothes between shots. Adds something to the photograph IMHO.
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yes, very important this. Thats what works so well in my baby shot above
 
Did this one a while back. I copied each picture and pasted then used eraser or history brush can't remember which one...
My granddaughter taking a picture of herself...

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Also prefer to use layer masks. Set the layer mask to black and then all you have to do is paint the person in. With the eraser you have to paint everything but the person out. Far more work.
 
For what it's worth Graeme, the term for multiple images of one person in a shot is called "Cloning".
 
I did one ages ago, but have been itching to do some more:

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Think I did a different method, where I lassoed myself and copied it, then pasted it onto the main image :D will do the layers on next time :thumbs:


EDIT - OMG My belly!! Glad its gone now lol
 
Some great images and tips guys, want to have a go myself now, maybe my daughter will pose for me, far more photogenic than self!
 
Scarecrow said:
Also prefer to use layer masks. Set the layer mask to black and then all you have to do is paint the person in. With the eraser you have to paint everything but the person out. Far more work.
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You can use it just to paint the person instead of the whole thing...
 
My effort from the end of last year



Good fun to do and made a nice canvas for my daughter to give her gran as a stocking filler at Christmas
 
Edsport said:
You can use it just to paint the person instead of the whole thing...
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If you select eraser and make the brush massive you can zoom round the object in under 10 seconds. You don't need to cut it out accurately!
 
cowasaki said:
If you select eraser and make the brush massive you can zoom round the object in under 10 seconds. You don't need to cut it out accurately!
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I see what you're saying and agree with you that yes, using the eraser can be extremely speedy (speediest, perhaps), as long as the shots you're using are such that none of the subjects overlay each other. I was thinking of compositing images where the subjects overlay each other. I still contend, though, that for the more complicated, masking is better, because of the ability to fine-tune more easily, especially given the enormous number of steps there are likely to be in the history palette.
 
Ha! This has just given me a terrible idea!

I watch this anime [Naruto] where a character can duplicate himself loads of times... and I actually have his outfit [yes, I'm a serious nerd]

I know what I'm doing next weekend :D
 
Scarecrow said:
I often find these type of photographs benefit if the person has a change of clothes between shots. Adds something to the photograph IMHO.
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Agree. Here's mine. Click for bigger version.

 
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