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Post by pandora on Jan 29, 2008 12:39:28 GMT
Hey, I think this might be possible in Photoshop, if not, please point me in the right direction.
I just made a picture, but it is twice the size of my scanner. I've successfully scanned the two halves, and now I need to know how to combine them seamlessly and make them one file.
In the meantime, there is a large printer at work that can shrink it to half it's size, then I can scan it again, but the quality will degrade with each step.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Post by Vintage on Jan 29, 2008 15:27:44 GMT
Well what I would do Pandora is bring both files up in photoshop, find your width and height of both images. Make a new image the combined width of both images and the height.
So if you have two images with the width of 700 px's you'd make the new image 1400 px's wide.
COPY + PAST both images onto the new image and if they aren't perfectly combined nudged them together a tad, and I believe photoshop has layers so play around with the eraser on the one layer so it flows into the next. ____________________________________
I hope that makes sense, that is how I would do it and have done it. I don't know if I am explaining that correctly but yeah.
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Post by deific on Jan 29, 2008 18:20:44 GMT
What vintage said is the only way I know how of doing it. I think CS3 has something to do it automatically, but I dont think CS2 does. Its been a while sense I've done anything.
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Post by Pritchard [Epic][Girly Boy] on Jan 29, 2008 19:59:46 GMT
CS3 does have a tool to do it automatically.
With CS2 or CS, I would do as vintage said, except I would not erase any thing. Use the move tool to adjust where the layers are positioned. Just move them around until you get the where need be.
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Post by Vintage on Jan 29, 2008 20:24:15 GMT
But we don't know the two images and what they look like, just simply putting them directly next to each other they may not be a seamless transition. Hence why I suggested nudging one of the two images inwards and lightly erase it so it smoothly goes into the other. AND you still have the full image for the most part.
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Post by gray929 on Jan 29, 2008 21:19:45 GMT
Also, I am not sure as I don't have PS but isn't there an option to "Auto-Combine Layers" At least thats what I used when I took a PS course at school. That would be an easy accurate solution of your program has it.
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Post by pandora on Jan 29, 2008 23:49:08 GMT
Ok, what Vintage said makes total sense. I've wondered for a long time if there was a way to do it, but I don't play with photoshop enough to be so familiar with it. Now that Vintage pointed out that method, it seems doable. In the meantime, I did shrink the picture at work, and the copy is not visibly diminished. Still, I will test that method in the near future.
Thanks, guys!
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Post by Pritchard [Epic][Girly Boy] on Mar 1, 2008 21:04:10 GMT
For the next time you do this:
Open Bridge, go to Tools>photoshop>photomerge
That is what I used on CS2.
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Post by SniperJrd on Mar 3, 2008 3:12:44 GMT
otherwise, make a document the size of how every many pixels the two have combined, as vintage described, then overlap the images by moving one of the images over the other.
then use an image mask, in combination with a black/white gradient to smoothly merge the pictures.
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Post by leaf22 on Mar 5, 2008 4:43:55 GMT
I know a way of combining two images. I do it all the time, for example i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/Dapplefeather/21.jpg(this is just an image from my RPG site) First, google "The Gimp" It does not take long to download unless you have dial up internet connection. Second, once it has finished installing. Open it up and click "file" Then click new, then set the number of pixels you want your blank page to be. Third, open up the two pictures you want to merge. Drag the darker colored one on the page first. Then anchor it, Then drag the other picture on top of it. Do not anchor it Fourth, without clicking anything, go up to the menu at the top and click "layer" Then, go down to "Transparancy" And click "Colour to alpha" Now you have a transparent layer on top of a darker one. There are two things you can do! One, if the picture is not satisfactory for you, you can play around with the paintbrush and eraser until you get it just right. Two, if the picture is good for you, go up to layer and click anchor. Voila! A merged Picture!
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Post by pandora on Mar 5, 2008 5:54:28 GMT
Wow, lots of options. Thanks, everyone! I haven't had an occasion to try this since I solved my original problem in a different way, but I'll definitely keep these tips under my hat for next time.
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Post by Pritchard [Epic][Girly Boy] on Mar 8, 2008 4:31:40 GMT
Using bridge is going to be the easiest for you as you can save it as a psd when done and just throw it in to photoshop.
GIMP is nice and all, but if you have photoshop, the only thing GIMP is good for is its rendering software and things of that sort.
Also, learning to use GIMP will take longer.
The way bridge photomerge works is it looks for columns of pixels that are the same. each pixel must be the exact same the entire height of the images. it then takes one of the rows that matches and layers it over the other and merges it. This is by far a better method, if available, then the others. Not to mention, quicker and higher quality.
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Post by SniperJrd on Mar 8, 2008 18:06:30 GMT
does cs2 have that or only cs3?
just curious.
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Post by Pritchard [Epic][Girly Boy] on Mar 10, 2008 10:53:37 GMT
Both have it. On CS3, it's built in to photoshop. In CS2, you need to have bridge to do it.
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Post by reptilesink on Jun 18, 2008 16:46:56 GMT
the easiest way is to use autopano pro. just select the images you want joining (as many as you want) and it joins them perfectly in a matter of seconds.
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Post by c130 on Jun 18, 2008 17:21:56 GMT
Or just get competent with Photoshop and save the panorama software for actual panoramas.
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Post by Vintage on Jun 18, 2008 22:23:54 GMT
the easiest way is to use autopano pro. just select the images you want joining (as many as you want) and it joins them perfectly in a matter of seconds. You should be apt to do all ways - not just the easiest, that proves the point it doesn't take talent to do it then.
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Post by c130 on Jun 19, 2008 0:33:23 GMT
Plus Autopano Pro costs an extra $100 for something Photoshop can do already if you know how.
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Post by cypher on Jun 20, 2008 20:28:23 GMT
I haven't read everyone post so I'm sorry if this method has been said.
When you scan the image don't just scan each half. Try to scan an overlap area. This way when you create a new document in photoshop of the desired combined size, you have an area of overlap to make a seamless transition. Just match pieces of the images and it should look as though you scanned it all in one.
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Post by Knighty on Jun 21, 2008 3:43:43 GMT
Vintage's method is the best from what I've tried. Just overlap them a bit and erase it to blend them together. Also, if they have a different hue/brightness just mess around with the hue/saturation until they look similar. It takes a few minutes, but it works. This is how I made this img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/knightsabere/psv1round.jpg
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