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I'am trying to blend two pictures but when I bring in the second one it replaces the first one. What I'am doing wrong. I did this before and it work without problem.
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Shalom,
Don
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You can use a gradient. Here's a quick tutorial. http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/blend/blend.html
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Don,

Several different ways of doing this, my fav is the gradient tool and a layer mask.

Get the two images, then on the top one add a layer mask.

Next, click on the gradient tool and pick the black to white or black to transparent. The first gives a simple blending of the two images, the second one lets you clamp down on the image and constrain it on more than one axis.

Like this

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John
Sunny and John:
Thank you my problem is not doing the blending my problem is keeping the two images open at the same time. I open the first image - set foreground to black - click or select the move tool . I then go to the file that have the other picture and drag it into CS3 but it replaces the first picture i initially open. It is suppouse to create its own layer 1 above the B/g layer so that i can then creeate the layer mask select the gradien etc.
Shalom,
Don
A well conseived image is a poem written with light.
PSE6 - Lightroom - CS3 - Win-Vista -Epson 7800
Nikon D80 - D-700 - Canon G9
http://www.condeimaging.com
Don,

I think the easiest way to do this is to have the two pictures open, then click on Window, Arrange, Cascade.

This tiles the two images and nests one under the other.

I usually click and drag on the top ones Window Bar so that they get a little separation and look like this

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Next, go to the Layers panel and click on the Layer thumbnail and drag it to the "other" picture in the background.

This will place a new layer copy on the "other" image as its own layer. and will be called Layer 1.

If the images are the same size and resolution, start blending, if not you may need to resize.
John
John, what have i done to deserve this,LOL? I blended the pictures finally thank a million for stiking with me on this one amigo.

I'am following Kelby's book "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers which I followed on the past without any problems. Now, the edges of the second picture are showing up, I try to erase them with Black selected in the brush tool but no luck. I then try white neither one erases the edges on the second picture.
:thanks: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: for your help.
Shalom,
Don
A well conseived image is a poem written with light.
PSE6 - Lightroom - CS3 - Win-Vista -Epson 7800
Nikon D80 - D-700 - Canon G9
http://www.condeimaging.com
Don,

I just tried it in CS3 with Tif images and no problems.

If you have a picture with the two layers, ignore the name - or double click the layer name and it will give you the chance to rename it.

I suggest you try the blending and see what happens.

2 questions?

what software and version are you using and which Kelby book are you using i.e. for which version of Photoshop. I might have the same one, so please post the page number also, just in case.

Edit:

Don, just reread your post and want to be clear on what you are observing.

When you open the 2 pictures, they will both say Background as their only layer. When you drag the background layer from picture 1 to picture 2 on picture 2 it will become Layer 1.

At least that is what happens for me in both CS3 and PSE5.
John
The book is on CS2 First Edition March 2003 page 254
Shalom,
Don
A well conseived image is a poem written with light.
PSE6 - Lightroom - CS3 - Win-Vista -Epson 7800
Nikon D80 - D-700 - Canon G9
http://www.condeimaging.com
I'am using CS3, sorry for that.
Shalom,
Don
A well conseived image is a poem written with light.
PSE6 - Lightroom - CS3 - Win-Vista -Epson 7800
Nikon D80 - D-700 - Canon G9
http://www.condeimaging.com
Don,

Unfortunately, mine is the CS3 version.

BUT, is this the trick he does with the piano and rose?

There is a section on creating collages and blending images together. I tried it out and it is pretty much the same as what I suggested - both work equally well and achieve the same thing, although it looks like it is better to do a Shift+Move Tool as it centers the image.
John
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