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Combining Images 1
 
 
I have alot of fun manipulating graphics, and there are many ways to do this. 
In this example I have one photograph, and a old copy of a cigarette Ad. 
 
I want to put the face of the girl on the left into the Ad on the right. 
 
First select the Freehand tool. Then click the Tool control  
 
 
 
These are the settings I would use. 
 
Enlarge the photo so you have better control, and start your way left clicking around the head until you come to the point where you started, then right click on the head. 
 
Next, click Edit>Copy, then Edit>Paste>As New Layer.
This is now a PSP Layer. 
 
Now go to the image of the Ad, and lasso the scarf with the Freehand tool  
 
Edit>Copy, then Edit>Paste>As New Layer. 
 
This is your scarf Layer.
Next, go back to the Ad image, and click the undo  until the marching ants are gone. 
 
 
Click on the Layer of the head, and then the Layer button 
 
Drag the layer to the Ad image. 
 
Too big huh, so go to Image>Resize.  I did 50% first and it was still too big, so I did another 80%. 
 
 
Next position the head where it looks natural. 
Now we need to adjust the skin color. Click Colors>Adjust> then choose, Hue/Saturation/Lightness. 
These are the settings I found to be ok for this image. 
 
 
 
Adjusting skin color can be tough at times, and there are 
other ways to do it, but each time you try combining photos, 
you have to use different color adjusting tools and settings. 
 
 
Now click the scarf Layer and drag it onto the the Ad and line it up to where it matches. 
Once everything is lined up, click Layers>Merge>Merge All. 
 
 
The last thing you want to do is remove the printing in the Ad.
Use the Clone brush  and Tool control  set to what you see below. 
 
Right click on a clean part of the wall, then left click on the printing until all the words are gone. 
 
 
Doesn't she look cute? 
 
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