Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Go to Enhance→Photomerge→Photomerge Faces (you need to be in Expert mode or
this command is grayed out).
If you didn't preselect images, a dialog box asks you to choose the photos you want to
include. You can either click Cancel—and then, in the Photo Bin, Ctrl-click/
⌘
-click
the photos you want to use and then choose the Photomerge Faces command
again—or click Open All to include all the images in the Photo Bin. Elements then
opens the Faces window, which has a preview area on the left and an instruction pane
on the right.
3.
Pick a final photo
.
This is the photo into which you'll paste parts of a face from one or more other pho-
tos. Drag a photo from the Photo Bin into the Final area (the right-hand preview).
4.
If you don't like the source photo Elements selected, choose another one
.
This is the photo from which you'll copy part of a face to move to the final image.
Click an image in the Photo Bin, and it appears in the left-hand preview area. You can
copy from many different photos, but you can work with only one source photo at a
time. (When you're done working with a source photo, just click the next one you
want. That way, you can use the ears from one photo, the nose from another, and so
on.)
5.
Tell Elements how to align your photos
.
This step is really important, because otherwise Elements can't adjust for any size or
angle differences between the two shots. In the Photomerge Faces pane, click the
Alignment Tool button, and the three crosshairs shown in
Figure 11-4
appear in each
image (Adobe calls them targets). You may need to move your cursor over a photo to
see them.
