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I want to take a picture of my son with his car then add multiple images of him standing around it and in it.
I have searched the forum for preivious posts on this subject but everything I try just doesn't work. I know it's a lot to ask but could anyone do a step by simple step guide how to do this? I am using Elements 6.
Many thanks.
 
The question is do you want them neatly done in separate frames so to speak or blended together in in one?
 
Wayne not sure what you mean by separate frames but as I undestand I take multiple pictures of him standing around car then somehow stack them in photoshop by using layers then expose the various images of him in the one picture. The problem is I don't know how to use layers.



James the link you posted shows the sort of thing I want to do. But straight away in Elemnts 6 I can't load the photos as he says as there is no Stack feature.
 
i'm not familiar with elements ( or too cracky with ps for that matter!) but can you not just load the layers manually??
 
Can you not add a new layer to the base image and then but and paste the complete image (2) into the new layer of image 1, and repeat?

As long as the light is constant and the camera is on a tripod it "should" work if you layer mask out all but the human image in each layer ( think).....
 
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Ahhh I think I'm with you, you want it to look like theres 3 or 4 of him around the car? Well the best bet is shoot the pics on a tripod so they all line up easily after, then put all the pics together as layers in photoshop (if this is tricky start with 1 then copy and paste the others on top)
Now the really tricky bit, I don't think you have layer masks in elements 8 so what you have to do is erase holes in the upper layes to show the different versons of him on the lower ones, this is fiddly because you have to erase more on some layers than others.
I'd advise you use the history palette and make snapshots as yo go alone, this make it easier to go a bit if you go wrong it might save you having to start again.
 
Have a look in Tutorials & Guides on the forum there's an example there that I think may be of help to you, It's under Photo processing & editing, third one down.

Joan
 
I think it's called multiplicity. Google should help with that...
 
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