Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Four:
Usually, just pressing-and-holding the Shift key will help the photos line up pretty well
(especially if the shots were taken with your camera on a tripod), but if you hand-held the
shots, or if your subjects moved a bit, you'll need Photoshop to line them up precisely for
you. You do this by going to the Layers panel, Command-clicking (PC: Ctrl-clicking) on
both layers to select them (as shown here), then going under the Edit menu and choosing
Auto-Align Layers
. When the Auto-Align Layers dialog appears, leave Auto selected at
the top, and then click OK to have Photoshop align the two layers for you (and it usually
does a pretty darn amazing job, too!).
