[Erin]

I don't know how to start this post off, so I'm just going to say I seriously need some help here with my blending I have Paintshop pro9. I don't know why, but the blending doesn't work for me a lot of the times I've tried to do it in PSP and I've tried a few times with different methods I've looked at online, still nothing has really worked and I know or I've heard that there's a lot of different ways to blend just want to know the easiest way to. I know it takes a lot of practice to do, but I'd apperciate some help with this problem. Thanks!


I'd really like a step by step guide or something, because these tutorials online aren't very helpful to me for some reason-don't know why.

[silkstone]

Here's an example of how to blend images using Paint Shop Pro 9.

We'll start with two images - one exposed for the foreground, and one for the sky...





1. Open the darker image. <Edit> <Copy> and then close it. You won't need it again.

2. Open the lighter image. <Edit> <Paste... Paste as New Layer>. This will create a new layer visible on the Layers Palette as 'Raster 1'.

3. The 'Raster 1' layer should already be highlighted - make sure it is. Then click on the 'Mask Show All' icon at the top of the palette, which will create a new mask layer and symbol in the same thread as 'Raster 1'.

4. Click on the Background Layer, and then press CTRL+A CTRL+C to select all and copy the layer.

5. Now click on the Mask Layer, and then <Edit><Paste... Paste Into Selection>.

6. That's it, done! All that remains is to right-click on any layer in the Layers Pallette and select <Merge... Merge All> to merge all the layers for the final image.

The result should be something like....



Hope that helps!

[Erin]

I've seen this already, but I guess I can TRY it and see what happens, thanks!

[silkstone]

It does work, honest, guv! Those are 100% genuine pics showing what happens if you do exactly that on PSP9.

[Dabhand16]

I think it is worth mentioning that although Silkstone has used two images of the same shot, you can use different images. If you wanted to replace the sky, for instance.

If this is what you want to do, you might need to ensure that the two images are the same size and dots per inch etc (not always necessary, but probably easier to work with at first), and you might need to select the sky you want to remove and, well, remove it from that image before you blend the two together.

These two images have the same sky - and that was shot from my bedroom window, not in York!





Is this what you are trying to achieve?

[Erin]

Actually I'm trying to make banners and wallpapers.