How to Combine Photos in Photoshop for beginners (compositing)

love how you added the shadow!! ive struggled with creating realistic shadows and this was so easy!!

The hair brush doesn't work well for me like this

perfect...thanks

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

Excellent. But...now what do you do with all the layers? How do you combine them into one layer/image. Increased layers equal increased file size.

Super

Good stuff bud. A good way to remember layermasks is white reveals, black conceals. :)

Ty sir...

❤🎉

Gracias. Hace tiempo que buscaba algo así. Gracias por hacerlo tan didáctico y claro.

You are so cool !! You make Photoshop not seem so daunting anymore. :3 Thank you.

Love this video but I have a question. I have combined the photos but how do I adjust one layer at a time? Every time I select one layer to adjust, both are adjusted. 🧐🤔

Thanks for this. I'll have a go at doing this myself later. I'll let you know in the comments how I got on. 👍

Great tutorial.

I find you miss steps that a real beginner to Photoshop can keep up. For example, when you talk about radius I'm not seeing it in the menu on the side under properties. Although the pace is good I need more details on where to find things, while you're moving along.

Idk what I am doing wrong, but it wont allow me to right click on just the effects layer.. I am on a MacBook Air. 2023 photoshop

Finally a tutorial that is easy to follow and gives me the courage to try out the methods shown. THANKS SO MUCH!

Thank youso much Sensei !!!!

Merci beaucoup !

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Now I am starting to understand the basics. You are amazing. Thanks

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.

I am following this video right now and I wonder how you copied thr angle from the shadow when skewing the shadow of the lion. You just said "Let's copy the angle from the shadows" but now how...I am a newbie so I need some help here :) Thanks!

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

Very interesting tutorial, and quiet way to explain things, thanks a lot, but at a moment (7'45) a new layer named "rim" appears, and I couldn't find where it comes from ! could you explain that, please ? thank you !

Useful! But some things I couldn't find or get to work right. But I'm a newb.

Your tutorial was amazing! Thank you Colin for sharing your wisdom!

This is such an amazing tutorial..I have watched lots of tutorials today as I want to learn Photoshop and alot of videos are too in depth or not explained properly. This video is perfect for beginners. U make it simple but effective

Love this

very helpfull and easy.....well you made it look easy.

THIS IS SO HELPFUL

super excelente amigo

That's a great tutorial! You've given me some great ideas, thank you

hi susan .. wonderfull man . keep it up my friend

Dang... He gave us a lot of information just because he knows his stuff lol now I feel like I know more too!

ur actually helpful

Thank you again!

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

Photoshops AI has gotten so insane that it makes a total noob able to do stuff it took FOREVER to do properly :P

Love this! thanks

why the hack at me don't work to drag the f.king photo?

Great tutorial ! How did you make the effect about the rim light? I didn't get!

Another great training video, love because I am a beginner and don't want to know all the features at this point.

You made this so easy!! Thank you!

best.tutorial.yet.

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.

Best tutorial ever. Your calm manner and straight forward steps helped me enormously. I will practice this several times, and then look for your other tutorials. I feel lucky today! Thank you!

Great tutorial, I'll be doing this a few times in a row to really nail down the concepts here. They seem basic, but this is enough for most users to feel comfortable before jumping into their own compositions.