How to Combine Photos in Photoshop for beginners (compositing)

How to combine photos in Photoshop easily for beginners. IN this simple Photoshop tutorial, Colin Smith shows you how to combine 2 photos, remove the background and match the colors and shadows so the image looks like one.
00:00 Intro
00:13 View image size
00:35 Combine images
01:37 Remove background from top image
01:58 fix edges
02:40 Resize top image
03:06 Blending the layers together
03:52 Matching the colors
05:06 Make a shadow
07:49 Add a color grade

#Photoshop #combineimages #composite

[SusanmolnarPhotography]

I do quite a bit of image combining, but your tutorial offered a LOT of new tips and tricks to improve my processes. Best 5 tips for me in this one? 1) Drop larger image on top of smaller image; 2) Color Match tool; 3) Creating a separate drop shadow layer (MY FAV!); 4) Skewing the shadow; 5) Color Grading. Thank you, Colin!!

[ottojeppe]

One of the best tuts .. I am a real beginner and 75 years old. I like but struggle

[kerriraeryan]

THANK YOU!!! You break everything down so well! I haven't been able to find anything or anyone who can explain Photoshop in a way that ACTUALLY makes sense to me until YOU! I appreciate your videos so much!! Things are FINALLY starting to make sense and it's giving me confidence!

[romiam]

Thank you, please keep on going with this kind of beginner tutorials

[stygian_exploits]

This is the most helpful turorial I have ever seen

[rctbone]

This is golden for this 86 year old beginner!! Excellent!!

[racheleuhus]

Stumbled across your videos today after not using photoshop in years. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Very easy to follow along and I'm SO happy with the results.

[lindylou]

Your instructions were easy to follow, you spoke clearly and explained what you were doing as I worked my way through. A big bonus for me was how you created a separate drop shadow layer and then skewed it to work with the shadows within the background image. I won't forget that wonderful trick! Many thanks.

[jameslawley]

Your instructional videos are simply the best - clear, concise, and wonderfully paced.

[anadiacharya]

I'm a beginner in Photoshop. This was a very clear step by step tutorial. Thank you.

[catpeterson]

Aloha from Honolulu, Been using Photoshop for decades. And still learning! Great videos! Cheers.

[shyrinTM]

Wow! the last step of adding a solid color was a game changer for me.

[pamelanathe]

Thank you, thank you, thank you ... great tutorial, but best of all was being able to follow along with you using the same photos. It made all the difference.

[heathersheldrick]

I thought I was pretty OK with combining photos, but I learned 2 new techniques that will be invaluable. I'm so glad I decided to watch. Thank you

[Bwiable]

Been following you for years, but watched this for the first time today. Such a clear and simple tutorial. Excellent! Thank you

[sean]

Watched this video several times. You explain what / how to do this perfectly so a complete novice like myself can understand. Thanks for the time you've put into this video . Top YouTube channel 👌 👍 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[kerrytarrant]

You are genius....Finally I found someone who can talk through a tutorial and make it so easy to follow and I get the end results I'm after. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[saibuoluwatomiwa]

Finally found the right video for blending object with background😊

[malcolmsellar]

Thanks, Colin I learn something every time I watch one of these!

[joebass]

Great content, non-irritating voice, no stupid hype, not hours long, has two separate eye brows (you know). Definitely a channel ill return to. Thank you