Photoshop Tutorial - Blending Two Images Together Photo Gallery by Tom McDonald (MrQuietGuy) at pbase.com

Photoshop Tutorial - Blending Two Images Together

This tutorial shows how to blend two images together side by side so the junction between them is a gradual blend from one image to the other.

Click on the first image, then keep clicking on "Next" to go to the next step.

Note: When viewing this tutorial, you may want to switch between large and original (larger) image sizes. Use Large size to get the overall picture, and use Original size for a clearer view of the details.

The result we want	Start by opening both images	Expand the canvas of the first image to make room for the second image	Move the second image over the first and position it
Specify how to do the blend	How the Quick Mask looks	Activate the blend	The final result

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Guest		23-Nov-2008 21:57
what if you have 3 images that you want to blend together?

Trn		28-Aug-2008 17:10
It's very very very good! Keep going, Tom =)

Bruce Bird		20-Jul-2008 13:13
Strange.. This wouldnt work in CS for me, but upgraded to CS3 and it worked a charm first time... Weird! Excellent work :) Thank you!!!

Tom McDonald (MrQuietGuy)		10-Jul-2008 15:24
Interesting problem, Guest, about the image losing opacity. Here are a couple of thoughts. When you select the Gradient tool, are you sure you are choosing the black to white linear gradient? Perhaps you left it on foreground to background colors, and one of those colors was not pure black or white. Another possibility is that you dragged too far when applying the gradient. Only drag the short distance where you want the blend to occur. I hope you come back to read this comment, as it's the only way I can get it to you.

Guest		09-Jul-2008 12:57
Thank you for this tutorial. One question though: when I press the "del" key, the second image seems to lose its opacity. Don’t get me wrong - opacity is at 100%, but it's considerably more faded than the first image. In you example, the rooster it's ok and and don't uderstand what I'm doing wrong...

Guest		01-Jul-2008 20:16
Dear Sir, Thank you so so much. This is great and very clear. You have done everyone a great service. Thanks again.

John		04-Jun-2008 16:22
Thanx for the tutorial. After reading a couple of PS tutorials on blending, feather etc... yours is the first being clear, fast and readable with success. you have my vote too

Tom McDonald (MrQuietGuy)		19-May-2008 01:01
Who said only CS3? This tutorial was done on Photoshop 7, and as far as I know, it works on all versions since then.

Guest		18-May-2008 20:30
Only on CS3? So restrictive...

Tom McDonald (MrQuietGuy)		21-Apr-2008 15:24
I'm sorry this didn't work for you. I've just now gone through the entire tutorial using CS3 and it worked fine for me. If you would care to let me know exactly what your problem was, perhaps we can work together to find out why it didn't work for you. I would normally send you an email with my response, but since you say I "don't need to know" and give an email address that appears to be fake, I won't bother.

dont need to know.		20-Apr-2008 20:13
your directions dont work on Photoshop CS3. thank you anyways.

Guest		05-Jan-2008 18:57
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dag		22-Dec-2007 17:50
i can't make it with mask(q) and when i must exit with delete..

Tom McDonald (MrQuietGuy)		02-Dec-2007 15:47
Apparently I used Photoshop 7 for this because it was done just before I purchased CS.

nounou		01-Dec-2007 17:00
which adob photoshop is this?

Liv		13-Sep-2007 01:02
Thank's so much. I've been using this technique non-stop ever since I figured out how to do it. Very easy to follow. Five stars. (:

Guest		02-Aug-2007 16:04
Wonderful, best and easiest ive come across, thanks, gonna be using this alot...

Hugh		23-Oct-2006 00:23
Thanks for the easy instructions. I had tried several other sites but this was done in a way that was simple and very effective. Thanks for the additional comments in the tutorial and for taking the time to post something like this online. I really really appreciate it!

Miranda		26-Mar-2005 22:34
This is one of the best tutorials out there when it comes to blending! Thank you so much. I was searching all of the internet trying to blend two images together. All the other tutorials were so confusing and strange but this one truely hoped me a lot.

Jeff		13-Nov-2003 21:28
...I am at a loss for words! Thankyou for making it possible for the average person to do something fun & creative with PhotoShop! If you ever feel like doing another one of these superb tutorials, I would love to see one showing how to make pictures such as those that show a person in a scene where they were not actually there, such as if we have a photo of a waterfall and a photo of a person - how to combine them to make it look as though the person is standing at the waterfall. Thankyou for your useful information - I have searched through the local bookstore(s) for help like this and found nothing that I can understand! ~Jeff~

Franz Bauer		02-Nov-2003 20:36
Nice idea,thanks!

Judith		01-Nov-2003 17:49
Excellent, your pictures and words were very clear. I will even be able to use this in Paint Shop Pro. Thanks!

Ron Horloff		31-Oct-2003 19:58
Excellent tutorial; I wish there were more on Pbase. Thanks for taking the time to post it; you have my vote. Ron

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