Jacquelin Vanderwood

August 2005

In this lesson we'll learn a little about Photomerge. It's located under Automate. We'll start with the two photos below

When we first access Photomerge we are presented with a screen that says Source Files. Depending on how many files we have open will determine the amount of files we will see in the selection box. Since we only have two files open, we only have two files to choose from. Select OK to continue.

The next item you may see will be this sign that tells you that the program could not automatically arrange the photos for you. Click OK.

In the Photomerge screen we can see the two photos we selected for this project sitting in the upper left corner. Go ahead and drag them onto the large screen one at a time.

We can then set them anywhere we want to place them.

Let's check Advanced Blending and do a Preview.

Notice how the one picture has faded into the other picture.

Exit Preview and select Perspective.

Select the Vanishing Point tool and click somewhere in the photos to set the vanishing point.

It will shift one of the photos in the direction of the vanishing point.

To see different versions of the vanishing point, click back and forth on the Normal and Perspective buttons.

And here we have the finished piece.

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