creating double image

I could use some help with Photoshop for a medical problem illustration. My daughter has Photoshop on her college computer and will be home in a few days. She just used it a little in a class and can’t do what I’m asking her to do and with test this week she can’t locate anyone to ask.

I have a visual disturbance that I’m trying to illustrate to my doctor. I have a fair amout of nystagmus but that’s not causing this problem. I have a shifted image [a halo of sorts] when I look at a bright image that sits within darkness such as a performer on a stage with a bright light on him has a raised and translucent image of himself.

At night, when I look at the double yellow lines on the road there is a translucent image of them that comes off the road to about 8-12" above the road. Yes, I’m cutting back on driving at night.
So I took a picture on a dark road with just my headlights showing the double line glowing brightly. I’d like to leave the original lines intact, but I’d like to take the image and make it close to completely transparent and drag it aside the lines and add the 2nd image which should be just about what I’m seeing. So far, what I’m explaining to the doc by phone in another city isn’t clear. He’s one of the top neuro-opthathlmologists in the country.

Any tips would be appreciated. If e-mailed, reverse the numbers in my e-mail of "1234" to "4321" My daughter said she thinks its something I need to read about layers to achieve. I don’t have the program and have no use for it, so if this is a simple task it would be great to learn how to do it and print the picture.

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I could use some help with Photoshop for a medical problem illustration. My daughter has Photoshop on her college computer and will be home in a few days. She just used it a little in a class and can’t do what I’m asking her to do and with test this week she can’t locate anyone to ask.

I have a visual disturbance that I’m trying to illustrate to my doctor. I have a fair amout of nystagmus but that’s not causing this problem. I have a shifted image [a halo of sorts] when I look at a bright image that sits within darkness such as a performer on a stage with a bright light on him has a raised and translucent image of himself.

At night, when I look at the double yellow lines on the road there is a translucent image of them that comes off the road to about 8-12" above the road. Yes, I’m cutting back on driving at night.
So I took a picture on a dark road with just my headlights showing the double line glowing brightly. I’d like to leave the original lines intact, but I’d like to take the image and make it close to completely transparent and drag it aside the lines and add the 2nd image which should be just about what I’m seeing. So far, what I’m explaining to the doc by phone in another city isn’t clear. He’s one of the top neuro-opthathlmologists in the country.

Any tips would be appreciated. If e-mailed, reverse the numbers in my e-mail of "1234" to "4321" My daughter said she thinks its something I need to read about layers to achieve. I don’t have the program and have no use for it, so if this is a simple task it would be great to learn how to do it and print the picture.

Hi John,

Dupe the image to a new layer and set the transparency to 50 percent or more, then use the move tool to drag the image to achieve the vertical offset. Printing is a matter of uploading it to a place like ofoto.com, or you can probably email the image directly to the physician.
Best wishes for a good prognosis.