Graphics Programs Reference
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8.
When you're happy, click Done
.
Don't forget to save your work. If you want to start over, click Reset (the blue arrow-
and-line icon at the top of the panel). If you decide to give up on the merge, click
Cancel.
Most of the time, you need to use only Scene Cleaner's Pencil and Eraser tools, but Adobe
gives you some additional options to help you out when necessary:
▪
Show Strokes
. Leave this checkbox turned on or you can't see where you're drawing
with the tools.
▪
Show Regions
. If you turn this checkbox on, you see a blue-and-yellow overlay showing
the exact material you're moving (see
Figure 11-5
)
.
To see the following two choices, click the Advanced Options button:
▪
Alignment Tool
. Click this button to manually set the comparison points if you don't
like Elements' automatic choices. Step 5 above explains how to do so.
▪
Pixel Blending
. Just as with Faces, you can turn on this setting when there's a discrep-
ancy in the color or exposure of the photos so that they combine more seamlessly.
It's not always easy to get enough clear areas to blend, even with multiple photos. But if you
have the right kind of source photos, you can create the impression that you and your pals
had a private tour of your favorite places.
Combining Photos with Photomerge Compose
If you understand layers, it's pretty easy to move a person or object from one photo to anoth-
er. But if you're a beginner and would like a little more help doing this, Elements 13 includes
the new Photomerge Compose command, which is designed to help you with projects like
moving Great-Grandpa from his wedding photo into a multigenerational photo taken years
after his death.
Figure 11-6
shows what it can do.
Elements walks you through each step of the process, including fixing the lighting for you if
there's a big discrepancy between the photos:
1.
Open the photos you want to work with, select two of them in the Editor's Photo
Bin, and then go to Enhance
→
Photomerge
→
Photomerge Compose
.
