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I have just got GIMP and I am completely new and ridiculous non au fait with photo manipulation and though it would be much easier to use than it is so I would be very grateful for any help especially a step by step guide!
Basically I have a picture of a group and would like to superimpose three more people into the picture. The people are on separate photos. I have tried watching video tutorials on YouTube but when I try to do it doesn’t work!
Also I am still trying to get my head around this concept of ‘layering' and what it all means, a simple explanation would be appreciated
Thank you to anyone who helps!
Suz
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Superimposing Please Help! how to super impose people from other pictures
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 07:26 PM
Conceptually it is quite simple. It's exactly as if you were doing it with your pictures on sheets of tracing paper. So you would have a sheet with the background, then a sheet (layer, in Gimp) with some people additional people (in the back), then a sheet with the original people, then a sheet with some more additional people (in the front). But in practice if you want to do it right it is rather complicated:
1) the lighting (directions of shadows, reflections) on the additional people should be the same as on the target picture
2) the perspective of the additional people should be the same as on the target picture (ie, picture taken at a similar distance)
3) color balance, for skin tones in particular, should be adjusted
4) all the people on their own layers should be properly cut out from the rest of the picture (the tough part being the hairs)
5) additional people should be properly scaled.
Be prepared to spend several long hours on that, and not be too happy with the results.
1) the lighting (directions of shadows, reflections) on the additional people should be the same as on the target picture
2) the perspective of the additional people should be the same as on the target picture (ie, picture taken at a similar distance)
3) color balance, for skin tones in particular, should be adjusted
4) all the people on their own layers should be properly cut out from the rest of the picture (the tough part being the hairs)
5) additional people should be properly scaled.
Be prepared to spend several long hours on that, and not be too happy with the results.
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Posted 20 June 2012 - 01:22 PM
Solartide, on 19 June 2012 - 04:59 PM, said:
So lemme get this straight-
You got a photo of a group of people, and you want to add three more dudes into the photo so it looks like the people were in the original photo to begin with.
You got a photo of a group of people, and you want to add three more dudes into the photo so it looks like the people were in the original photo to begin with.
Hey, yes thats pretty much it, one photo I only have a persons head I need to add somewhere and the other two photos are head and torso.
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