Digital Photographer - USA (2019-07)

Edit the shot

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BlendingthelayersOnceyourlayersare

selected,clickeditandthenautoblends

layers.Thisisthereallycleverpart!

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SelectingtheStackimagesPhotoshop

willthengiveyoutwooptionsandyou

willneedtoselectStackImagesratherthan

thealternatePanoramaoption.Youshould

remembertotickbothoftheoptionboxes

belowtoaskPhotoshoptocreatethebest

possibleautomatedresult.

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TidyandcropimageNowyoushould

beseeingtheblendedorstackedresult!

Becauseofthewaythesoftwaremayhave

hadtoalignyourimages,thefinalresultmay

haveanincoherentedgetotheframe.This

canbetidedupusinga simplecroportrim.

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LoadingyoursourcefilesThefirststep
istoloadyourmultiple,sourcefilesinto
Photoshopinordertobeginthestacking
process.Thisiseasilydonebyselecting;‘File’,
‘Scripts’andthen‘LoadFilesintoStack’.

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FindingtherightimagestoloadYo u

willthenhavetheoptiontobrowseyour

computeranditsdrivestofindtheright

setofimagesthatyouwantPhotoshopto

combinewithinthestackingprocess.It can

reallyhelptohavetheimagessortedand

locatedlogically!It isalsoimportanttotick

theAttempttoAutomaticallyAlignsource

imagesbox.

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SelectingyourmultiplelayersEachone

ofyoursourceimageswillnowbesatas

layers(usuallyinthebottomrightwindow).

Youwillneedtoselectalloftheselayersbefore

askingPhotoshoptostackthem.

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Comparisonbetweena

singleandstackedimage

Thefinal,combinedimages(ablendof 20 source

images),showsconsiderablymoredetailthanthe

singlefirstframe,butretainsa naturalfeeltothe

backgroundandforeground

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