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Combine Images Quickly in Photoshop

In one easy-to-swallow video, you'll learn how to use Photoshop's simple yet powerful Paste Into Command to merge two images.
Written by Russell Brown on August 26, 2009
Average: 4.7 (15 votes)
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Categories: Graphics, Graphics Image Editing, Photo Image Editing, Photography, How-Tos

Photoshop is a valuable tool for editing one image, but you can double your creative options when you use the software to merge two images.

Photoshop's Paste Into command gives you a quick and easy way to combine two images into a masked region. Although I'll demonstrate the feature in CS4, the Paste Into command has been around for a while, so owners of older versions can play along, too.

Stream the 4.6MB QuickTime tutorial in a separate window by clicking the image below.

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1

filters for photoshop

Hello, I´m wondering if it exits a filter to apply a kind of Linchtestein´s pop art -dots or lines- to an image - a wave in a plain color.
It will be a great help to me, thank you in advance
Susana Zajd, from Argentina.
PD: this tip was amazing, thank you!

Submitted by Guest on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 07:18.
2

Re pop art dots effect

I don't know of a filter that does it automatically, but here's a how-to on doing something like that yourself:

http://www.creativepro.com/article/use-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-for-unique-effects

Terri Stone
Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com

Submitted by Editor in Chief on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 07:28.
3

Great tutorial!

Loved this one. Nicely presented and easy to follow, now to try it out!

Thanks!
Nosmo

Submitted by Guest on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 09:28.
4

How to go from Channel to Alpha to Mask?

What are the steps involved to get the Alpha Channel to Mask?

Sorry, Newb here.

Thanks for this tut.

Submitted by Guest on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 11:51.
5

Thanks!

Russell! You rock! Thanks

Submitted by Guest on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 19:32.

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