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This tutorial is to help
you learn how to change the background of a photo to something more
interesting if you choose. There are many ways of getting this
done, but this technique is probably one of the easiest and most
effective. Ok, so once you open two similar
photos (preferably the same size) that you would like to combine in photoshop: 1. Adjust the Levels
and Brightness and Contrast of both pictures so they are just about
as similarly adjusted as possible. If you need more
explanation of this visit our Photo
Touchups Tutorial.
2. a. Then working with
the photo that has the background that you want to use, Select the
whole thing (Select>All), Copy the whole thing (Edit>Copy),
b. And then working with the
photo that has the foreground that you want to use, Paste the
previous photo onto a new layer (Edit>Paste).
c. Your layers menu for the for
your photo should now look similar to the picture to the left.
With the background photo on top of the foreground photo.
3. Now, add a Layer Mask to
the upper layer that Hides All, (Layer>Add Layer Mask>Hide All)
Your Layers menu should now look like similar to the picture on the
left.
4. Click on
the Brush Tool,
5. (make sure
the colors you are working with are black and white).
6. Then (with the mask on the
upper layer selected) simply brush where you want the new background
to show through. You will probably have to change brush sizes
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