How To Blend Photo With Background Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I'll show y'all 2 ways to combine images and 4 means to seamlessly blend them together.

This is a great starting place to create composites, collages and digital Art in Photoshop. As well check out he 3-infinitesimal video higher up.

How to combine Photos in Photoshop

Right now we will look at 2 ways to combine images into a single image in Photoshop.

We are using 2 images. If you desire to combine more, just repeat.

Cull the move tool (5 Key)

Drag in the image you want to move (source)

Drag upward to the tab of the image you want to move to (Destination)

Every bit you hover over the tab, the destination image will announced. Don't allow get however.

Drag into the middle of the the new prototype and then release.

Tip: if you desire to center the image, hold down the Shift Key every bit you release.

Combining images in Photoshop using tiled windows

The 2nd method of combining images. Both methods produce the same consequence. Use whichever works best for you lot.

Choose Window>Arrange>Tile

You volition at present see the different images in different tiled windows.

With the move tool (Tap 5 key) Drag from one window to the next, the paradigm will announced on top as a new layer.

4 Means to Blend Layers in Photoshop

I'll now show you 4-ways to blend the layers together (really 3, plus a bonus, so I guess its really 4).

#ane Blend Layers using Layer Blending Modes

For all the examples, we will use a simple document with two layers and we will blend the top layer into the bottom one.

Click where it says normal in the layers panel.

Endeavor the different modes and see how they look. Hard Calorie-free is proficient in this case.

See the in depth tutorial on Layer Blending modes here.

#2 Blend Layers using Layer Masks

Click the new Layer mask push in the Layers panel to add a mask.

Here is a tutorial on how layer masks piece of work, with tips.

Choose the gradient tool (G fundamental)

At the pinnacle, select the black to white gradient

Type:Linear; fashion:normal; Opacity:100%

Drag up on the image to apply the gradient. The black and gray areas volition be hidden and white will show.

Try starting and catastrophe your dragging movement in unlike places to see how this changes the result.

#iii Blend Layers by cutting out the background

Cull the quick selection tool (Yous can use whatever of the selection tools, hither is a tutorial on selections)

Choose Select Discipline

You will see a selection. You may have to refine the selection with the quick choice tool.

With the selection agile, click add a layer mask in the layers console

Now you can see the background shows through.

I take many tutorials hither on the site that bear witness you different ways of making selections, cut out and cleaning up the edges.

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#four Blend Layers using blend if

With the top layer selected, cull the FX at the bottom of the layers panel

Click Blending Options at the top.

The Layer Style window will appear.

Under blend if, slide the white slider on underlaying layer to the left.

Notice the white areas on the lesser layer offset to show.

To smoothen out the blend, hold down the alt/pick cardinal and dissever the white triangle.

Move 1 side of the triangle to the left and the other to the correct. Find how it creates a neat upshot.

All these methods are skillful springboards to get you started with composites and digital fine art. There are many more tutorials here at PhotoshopCAFE to help yous complete these composits and turn them into works of fine art. Equally always, check out the short video at the tiptop to meet all this in action.