Photoshop NOVICE needs help !!

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OK I know this will be a really silly question to those of you that use photoshop but I do need a bit of help.

1st question (of many I suspect) when I open a photo (jpeg) in PS and select layers I only get 1 layer, is that normal?
 
Unless you've added another layer to it the JPG you open is only one layer so yup that's normal :D
 
I want to learn how to combine 2 photos of the same scene with different exposures, not to complicated for PS but this novice is struggling.
 
Tight Fart said:
Thanks but thats like shouting at me in French in my first french lesson.:shrug:
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I'm fairly new to this myself but here's how I do it.

Open an image, which will automatically be the Background. Double click on 'Background' in the Layers pallette, which will convert it to a layer called Layer 0. Then open another image and drag it onto the first image. That will be Layer 1.

In the Layers pallette you should then see two layers, Layer 0 and Layer 1. One will be highlighted in blue, which means that is the layer that is active. Hold the shift key down and click on the other layer, then both layers will be highlighted.

Then as Chaz Photos says, in the Edit menu, you can choose Edit/Auto Align, then Edit /Auto Blend.

Hope this helps.
 
Tight Fart said:
I want to learn how to combine 2 photos of the same scene with different exposures, not to complicated for PS but this novice is struggling.
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Assuming its like a bracketed shot or for a pano

easiest way to merge photos is to Go File/ Automate/ Photmerge, choose your images, select the layout, from the menu on the left, click OK, job done, good for panoramas HTH :thumbs:

You can also choose Merge to HDR :D as their different exposures.

other than that photomaix is a good programme for exposure blending and HDR
 
Sloper said:
I'm fairly new to this myself but here's how I do it.

Open an image, which will automatically be the Background. Double click on 'Background' in the Layers pallette, which will convert it to a layer called Layer 0. Then open another image and drag it onto the first image. That will be Layer 1.

In the Layers pallette you should then see two layers, Layer 0 and Layer 1. One will be highlighted in blue, which means that is the layer that is active. Hold the shift key down and click on the other layer, then both layers will be highlighted.

Then as Chaz Photos says, in the Edit menu, you can choose Edit/Auto Align, then Edit /Auto Blend.

Hope this helps.
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How do you drag an image?

Also I open the 1st image and lable it layer 1.
then I click file and open a new image. This image is opened in a new window. But I then have trouble using the "move" icon to layer 1? do you click control and drag the image to the layer one tab/window? :shrug:
 
If I have 2 tabs open and want to move layers from one to the other, I usually go to :

Window : arrange : float in window

This will show the second image in the active tab.
You can then just click the layer you want to move and drag it over to the first image.

use SHIFT or CTRL to select more than one layer to drag.
 
SarahLee said:
If I have 2 tabs open and want to move layers from one to the other, I usually go to :

Window : arrange : float in window

This will show the second image in the active tab.
You can then just click the layer you want to move and drag it over to the first image.

use SHIFT or CTRL to select more than one layer to drag.[/QUOTE

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Yes as Sarah says, you can choose Window>Arrange>Float in Window, or what I usually do is, just drag one of the image's tabs down off its dock (or whatever it's called). Then press the V key to select the Move tool, and drag one image onto the other.
 
The way I do this is...

1. Open one of your images (image A), press Ctrl + A to select the image (puts the marching ants around the image), then press Ctrl + C to copy the image.

2. Close image A, get rid of it.

3. Open up image B and press Ctrl + V. This will place image A on top of image B.

You will then have 2 images in your Layers pallet from where you can start your process

4. Place a layer mask on the top image (so you'll need to decide which image goes on top) You can then use the (soft edged) brush tool to reveal the Background layer.

Rgds
 
I did a couple of tutorials for Talk Photography a while ago that might be useful when trying to combine the contents of two photographs. If you look in my signature for the cowasaki link you will find them "cutting out a model" etc. They will only show you how to cut things out though blending them is something for another tutorial and people have already added pointers as to how to get them to match. You need to look at so many things like scale, shadows, contrast, colour etc etc.......
 
Thanks for all the replys, I am trying to find the time where I can sit for an hour and try to get my head around it.
I'm sure to be back with some more questions.
 
Great tips on this thread for us beginners, so thanks for starting this thread :thumbs: Tight Fart. Great name by the way :lol:
 
never copy and paste 1 high res into another unless you're making an action and there is no other way of getting the image from one document to another - it eats RAM

grab the layer (in the layers palette) and drag it to the document you want it to appear in - holding SHIFT will centre the image in the document.
 
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