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Photomontage with Photoshop

1 Introduction

Prerequisites:
Knowledge about usage of drawing pen feder.

Notations:
Photoshop menus are displayed as bold.

Used symbols:
• Work instruction
- Sub-step of work instruction
✔ Result of a work instruction

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figure 1
   
   

This short documentation shows how two pictures are

combined with Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Aim:
Figure 1 and figure 2 are combined to figure 3.


Figure 2 will be rectified.

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figure 2
   
Figure 3 is the result. Bild3
figure 3
   

2 Crop vehicle

• Open file with vehicle.
• Trace outline of vehicle with drawing pen feder.

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figure 4
   
• Select paths.
• Select sub-menu erweiterungsmenü.
• Select Auswahl erstellen....
✔ The window Auswahl erstellen...opens.
• Confirm with OK. 		Bild5
figure 5
   
• Select Auswahl.
• Select Auswahl umkehren.
• Press "Del" on keyboard.
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figure 6
   
   
✔ Figure is cut out.
• Save file as psd and jpg.
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figure 7
   
   

3 Prepare figure 2

• Open file of figure 2.
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figure 2
   
•Select Ansicht from Menu bar.
• select Pixel-Seitenverhältnis.
• Select suitable "Seitenverhältnis".
  i.e. Select Quadratisch.
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figure 8
   
✔ Image format is equalised.
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figure 9
   
 
• Trace screen with drawing pen feder.
• Select "Pfade".
• Select sub-menu erweiterungsmenü.
• Select ....Auswahl erstellen.
• Press "Entf" with Keyboard.
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figure 10
   
   
• Fill Window with "Verlaufswerkzeug".
- Select colour for "Verlaufswerkzeug". verlaufswerkzeug3
- Select Verlaufswerkzeug .
  verlaufswerkzeug2
- Draw mouse pointer in direction of desired
  colour gradient.
• Save file as psd and jpg.
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figure 11
   
   

4 Montage

• open both psd files.
• select file with vehicle.
• Select "Ebenen".
• Select sub-menu erweiterungsmenü.
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figure 12
   
   
• select Ebene duplizieren....
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figure 13
   
   
• Select file "PC_fertig.psd".
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figure 14
   
   
✔ Both images are in one file.
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figure 15
   
   
  Suggestion for further modification:
  Blurring the back of the car indicates movement 		Bild16
figure 16