 Denise M. Snyder |
In a group photo, how do I replace one person? I took a group portrait for a friend this past weekend. Though I took many shots, there is not one where everyone is looking at the camera. I have one where everyone looks great, but one child who is looking down. He looks great in other shots though. Is there a way to remove him from the one really good group shot and replace him with the pose that he looks good in? Any help on this will be greatly appreciated! I use microsoft digital image pro 10 for photo editing.
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Christopher A. Vedros |
Open a picture where the child looks good. Use one of the selection tools like the freehand tool or the edge finder tool to draw a line around the child. Trace all around him, then click back on the point where you started. Make sure the "anti-aliased" checkbox in the selection dialog is checked. Click on "feather" and adjust the setting to 5 and click OK. Now click the Copy button on the toolbar (or click Edit, copy on the menu). Open the picture where everyone else looks good and click paste. Move the child into position over the "looking down" version of him. If both shots were taken from the same spot and angle, and the same zoom settings, you won't need to adjust his size. You may need to use the clone tool to remove any parts of the bad copy that show around the edges of the new copy. Be sure to click on the background before opening the clone tool to do this. The Blending brush is also very useful for blending any hard lines around your cutout. I think the blending brush was in version 10, I'm using the next version which only had a few changes from version 10. I'll try to post an example - let's see if it works. Chris A. Vedros
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Christopher A. Vedros |
Denise - yes, you can do this, it just takes a little time and patience. Open a picture where the child looks good. Use one of the selection tools like the freehand tool or the edge finder tool to draw a line around the child. Trace all around him, then click back on the point where you started. Make sure the "anti-aliased" checkbox in the selection dialog is checked. Click on "feather" and adjust the setting to 5 and click OK. Now click the Copy button on the toolbar (or click Edit, copy on the menu). Open the picture where everyone else looks good and click paste. Move the child into position over the "looking down" version of him. If both shots were taken from the same spot and angle, and the same zoom settings, you won't need to adjust his size. You may need to use the clone tool to remove any parts of the bad copy that show around the edges of the new copy. Be sure to click on the background before opening the clone tool to do this. The Blending brush is also very useful for blending any hard lines around your cutout. I think the blending brush was in version 10, I'm using the next version which only had a few changes from version 10. Here is an example from my gallery where I used this technique to replace Paw Paw's head in a group portrait. Chris A. Vedros
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Denise M. Snyder |
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! I cant say it enough! I will try this tonight.
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