tips on superimposing

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DotCom
Oct 14, 2007
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I am taking images of my granddaughter that I have cut out of photos and pasted them on pretty backgrounds but they always look superimposed. I have tried feathering the edge and/or adding a drop shadow but it still looks "done". Any tips for a new PSE v.6 user?
Thanks

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Charley
Oct 15, 2007
You will need to start with backgrounds that have as nearly identical lighting conditions as possible to the images of your granddaughter (it will take a professional to use anything else). Then you will need to practice "Selection" and "Feathering" of your granddaughter’s image to get the edges of it to have the same level of blurring/feathering as the background image has in it’s natural unadjusted state. Then you will need to very carefully balance the color, brightness, and contrast levels of both images to get them as close as possible to being equal. Understanding "Layering" techniques, ie how to place the image of your granddaughter on top of the image of your background, and to "Position/Adjust/Transform" it so that her size and placement looks natural on/in the background is also very important and will take some practice to get it to work for you. Practice, practice, practice, is what this project will take the most of. Shadowing is only a very small part of the job.

Charley

"DotCom" wrote in message
I am taking images of my granddaughter that I have cut out of photos and pasted them on pretty backgrounds but they always look superimposed. I
have
tried feathering the edge and/or adding a drop shadow but it still looks "done". Any tips for a new PSE v.6 user?
Thanks

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DotCom
Oct 16, 2007
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain that Charley and I will surely practice practice practice! <s>

"Charley" wrote in message
You will need to start with backgrounds that have as nearly identical lighting conditions as possible to the images of your granddaughter (it will
take a professional to use anything else). Then you will need to practice "Selection" and "Feathering" of your granddaughter’s image to get the edges
of it to have the same level of blurring/feathering as the background image
has in it’s natural unadjusted state. Then you will need to very carefully balance the color, brightness, and contrast levels of both images to get them as close as possible to being equal. Understanding "Layering" techniques, ie how to place the image of your granddaughter on top of the image of your background, and to "Position/Adjust/Transform" it so that her
size and placement looks natural on/in the background is also very important
and will take some practice to get it to work for you. Practice, practice, practice, is what this project will take the most of. Shadowing is only a very small part of the job.

Charley

"DotCom" wrote in message
I am taking images of my granddaughter that I have cut out of photos and pasted them on pretty backgrounds but they always look superimposed. I
have
tried feathering the edge and/or adding a drop shadow but it still looks "done". Any tips for a new PSE v.6 user?
Thanks

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