{"id":804571,"date":"2024-01-28T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/?p=804571"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T19:43:11","slug":"how-to-combine-two-photographs-in-adobe-photoshop-compositing-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/how-to-combine-two-photographs-in-adobe-photoshop-compositing-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"How to combine two photographs in Adobe Photoshop, with Colin Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Maybe you\u2019ve been using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/tag\/photoshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adobe Photoshop<\/a>&nbsp;for a while, or maybe you\u2019re just getting started. There are many ways to do different things with the software, as well as all kinds of tips, tricks, and hacks to do things simply and easily.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In this tutorial Colin Smith, the creator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@photoshopcafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PhotoshopCAFE<\/a>, demonstrates an easy way to do one of the simplest, but most sought-after, things in Adobe Photoshop \u2014 combining two images into one. But he also shows you how to make it look good!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWJHRW9mdEdvbXBNcXhNaWtmR3lwNzU0NzhFZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsNUVMbFZ0R3p5ZGpNSjBmMHJhVVRKNE1qelFmY3pEdW1tTG5GN2JuZHhTeUJUUDRjWnliU3BNOWJSbHlCUG5vTFRxbXhJYjlxOThJYlRScjZVdXFKd2d0SzJpUVMzTzBIUjhZanVHZm1jRVRIZTBqZw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fphotoshopcafe.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fsourcefile%2FPhotoshopCAFE_tutorial-images.zip&amp;v=5YTSEtjlZx4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to download the images that Colin uses so you can follow along!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5YTSEtjlZx4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the video below<\/a>&nbsp;for the Adobe Photoshop tutorial, or read on for all of the details.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to Combine Photos in Photoshop for beginners (compositing)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5YTSEtjlZx4?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this Photoshop tutorial, we\u2019re going to combine two images and make it look like they belong&nbsp;together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Image sizes and placement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the first thing you want to do is you want to look at the size of the image when you\u2019re combining the two. So go under Document Dimensions and take note of the size. This is to avoid any resolution issues. You want to take the larger image and drop it on top of the smaller image. So that way we\u2019re only scaling down and we\u2019re never scaling anything up \u2014 because that softens the image and it loses&nbsp;quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Lion-image-in-photoshop.jpeg\" alt=\"Cutting out a lion in Adobe Photoshop\" class=\"wp-image-810004\" title=\"Lion image in photoshop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Lion-image-in-photoshop.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Lion-image-in-photoshop-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Lion-image-in-photoshop-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s choose the Move Tool, and with the Move Tool selected, we\u2019re going to drag and drop this into the other documents. So just drag it, but don\u2019t let go \u2014 go into the tab, and the second image will open. Move to the middle, and don\u2019t let go yet! Hold down the Shift key, and then let go. The reason we held down the Shift key is it will center it. And if we look now at the layers, we\u2019ve combined the two images into&nbsp;one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obviously, we want to cut out the lion and match the color so it looks realistic, so that\u2019s the next step. First, make sure the Move tool is selected and hit Ctrl-T or Command-T for Free Transform. Let\u2019s scale the lion a little bit so it fits within our&nbsp;boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it\u2019s not set to transform proportionally, that\u2019s another use for the Shift key \u2014 when you drag the image, hold the Shift key, and that will keep it at the same aspect ratio. Also, if you hold down the Alt or Option key, we can scale it from the&nbsp;middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let\u2019s just drag this into the middle and hit Enter. Now we can see the whole image. Let\u2019s cut out our&nbsp;lion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cutting out the lion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So go under the Tools menu, and we\u2019re going to choose either the Object or the Quick Selection Tool. It doesn\u2019t matter which, because each of these will give us the option that says Select Subject. Click on Select Subject, and Photoshop\u2019s AI will make your selection for&nbsp;you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, we want to fix the fur areas, so let\u2019s choose Select and Mask. And now we\u2019re in the select and Mask workspace. What we want to do is use the Hair Tool, which is the Refine brush, and then we\u2019re going to go around the edges here of the long hairs, and this will help us get a better&nbsp;selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Cutting-out-the-lion-in-photoshop.jpeg\" alt=\"Cutting out a lion in Adobe Photoshop\" class=\"wp-image-810003\" title=\"Cutting out the lion in photoshop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Cutting-out-the-lion-in-photoshop.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Cutting-out-the-lion-in-photoshop-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Cutting-out-the-lion-in-photoshop-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All right, a couple of other little settings that help with the selections: under Radius, we\u2019re going to set this to 1, and then turn on \u201cdecontaminate colors\u201d at the bottom, and then click&nbsp;OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve got our lion! Let\u2019s resize it and position it. Hit Ctrl-T or Command-T for Free Transform, and once again, let\u2019s scale this and we can move it into&nbsp;position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blending the feet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now what we need to do is blend these feet in so they look like they\u2019re actually in the&nbsp;grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we\u2019re going to make sure we\u2019re selecting our layer mask. Not the layer, but the mask next to it. And we\u2019re going to grab a brush. With the brush, we\u2019re going to paint with black. Black will hide the layer, white will show it. And then with the brush, we\u2019re just going to brush around the&nbsp;feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Blending-lion-feet-in-photoshop.jpeg\" alt=\"Blending lion feet in photoshop\" class=\"wp-image-810002\" title=\"Blending lion feet in photoshop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Blending-lion-feet-in-photoshop.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Blending-lion-feet-in-photoshop-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Blending-lion-feet-in-photoshop-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So now, the lion is sinking into the grass and not skirting across the top of&nbsp;it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matching colors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What we need to do now is match the color of the lion with the rest of the image, and then we\u2019re going to create a shadow to match the shadow here. So first thing, let\u2019s match the colors with the lion layer selected. Select the lion layer, not the mask. Grab your Move tool, and go the Image menu, and select Adjustments, then click Match&nbsp;Color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So with Match Color, what we want to do is we want to match the color from our background to the color of our foreground. Under source, you\u2019ll see all your open tabs are there. Make sure to choose the same image you\u2019re working on. Then, under Layer, you want to select the layer you\u2019re matching \u2014 in our example, it\u2019s called Background. When you select it, it will immediately take the color of the&nbsp;background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, this is a little too strong, and that\u2019s what the fade slider is for. So if we look at Fade, on the left is the new color, and if we drag this all the way to the right, it will have our original&nbsp;color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what we want to do is find just the right blend between the two. So as we move it to the left, we bring in more of that new color. And we just need to find a nice match and just find where it matches your eye. Click&nbsp;OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Matching-colors-in-photoshop.jpeg\" alt=\"Matching colors in photoshop\" class=\"wp-image-810001\" title=\"Matching colors in photoshop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Matching-colors-in-photoshop.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Matching-colors-in-photoshop-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Matching-colors-in-photoshop-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding a shadow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, why don\u2019t we add a nice shadow so it matches the windmill over here? With our layer selected, we\u2019re going to go down to the little \u201cfx\u201d button for Layer Effects, and we\u2019re going to choose Drop Shadow. Set the Opacity to 100, Distance, Size, and Spread to zero. This is going to create a solid black shadow. And if I drag, you can see that\u2019s the shadow it\u2019s going to create. And we\u2019re going to use this just as a little&nbsp;mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, we\u2019ll separate this shadow out into a brand new layer. If we right click on Effects, and click Create Layer, it will create a nice black layer out of that shadow we&nbsp;made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the shadow layer, click the Move tool, and now we\u2019re going to go to Free Transform by pressing Ctrl-T or Command-T. Right click the lion, and select Flip&nbsp;Vertical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Adding-Shadow-in-photoshop.jpeg\" alt=\"Adding Shadow in photoshop\" class=\"wp-image-810000\" title=\"Adding Shadow in photoshop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Adding-Shadow-in-photoshop.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Adding-Shadow-in-photoshop-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Adding-Shadow-in-photoshop-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now drag it down, and you can see the shadows are starting to appear underneath the lion. If you look at the original image\u2019s shadow, see how it\u2019s kind of moving a little bit to the side? That\u2019s called skewing. Let\u2019s skew our lion\u2019s&nbsp;shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we\u2019re going to right click and choose skew. And if we drag it, notice how we can skew that. So let\u2019s just copy the angle that we\u2019re seeing from the other shadow and line up the&nbsp;feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not looking quite realistic yet; we\u2019ve got a couple more things to do. First, I\u2019m going to apply a blur on the edge. Select the shadow\u2019s layer, go to Filter, then Blur, and select Gaussian Blur. Move the slider until it looks good \u2014 I\u2019m taking it to about 14.8. Click&nbsp;OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Gaussian-Blur-in-photoshop.jpeg\" alt=\"Gaussian Blur in photoshop\" class=\"wp-image-809999\" title=\"Gaussian Blur in photoshop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Gaussian-Blur-in-photoshop.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Gaussian-Blur-in-photoshop-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Gaussian-Blur-in-photoshop-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now we\u2019re going to reduce our Opacity. Make sure your shadow layer is still selected, and in the Layer properties, adjust the opacity down so the shadow kind of blends into the background a little bit&nbsp;better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, there are other things we could do such as displacement maps and different things, but&nbsp; I want to keep this simple because it\u2019s a beginner\u2019s tutorial. So, the last step is a little trick I came up with which works well when you\u2019re combining layers and you want to just tie everything together. And that\u2019s by applying a little bit of a color to&nbsp;it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tie it together with a color overlay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Layer menu, click the New Fill or Adjustment Layers icon, and select Solid Color. We can choose any color we want; let\u2019s get a kind of warm color tone here. Select your color, and click&nbsp;OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make sure this color layer is selected, and change the Blend Mode of this to Color only. The color is going to change and everything else is going to remain intact. Now we want to blend this color in with the original&nbsp;color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we\u2019re going to take the opacity of this layer all the way down, and then just bring it up a little bit and see how it looks as we start to apply some of that color. Notice how it really ties everything&nbsp;together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Using-Color-overlay-in-photoshop.jpeg\" alt=\"Combine two images in adobe photoshop - Lion and a windmill in a field\" class=\"wp-image-809998\" title=\"Using Color overlay in photoshop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Using-Color-overlay-in-photoshop.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Using-Color-overlay-in-photoshop-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Using-Color-overlay-in-photoshop-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to just keep this one simple for beginners. There are a lot of different things I could have done, and I\u2019ve created a lot of other tutorials that show you how to do all those other things, like displacement maps and more accurate color matching, and different things like that. Maybe the next one you might want to look at is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sbS5oUuGbGY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Layer Masking for Beginners<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Colin-Smith-Profile-photo.jpeg\" alt=\"Colin Smith Profile photo\" class=\"wp-image-809997\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Colin-Smith-Profile-photo.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Colin-Smith-Profile-photo-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Colin-Smith-Profile-photo-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Presenter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colin Smith has been using Adobe Photoshop professionally for 20 years. He does training for Adobe and Apple and has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/instructor\/colin-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">written 20 books<\/a>. At his YouTube channel, PhotoshopCAFE, he has hundreds of easy to follow Photoshop Tutorials and tips as well as Lightroom tutorials and occasional photography tech or drone videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information or to see more of Colin\u2019s free Adobe Photoshop resources, check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photoshop Cafe website<\/a>, or check out his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/video\/videos.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">premium training library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow him and his work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@photoshopcafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/photoshopcafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photoshopCAFE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/photoshopCAFE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to combine two images in Adobe Photoshop &#8212; also called compositing &#8212; for beginners, with Adobe Photoshop expert Colin Smith!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":809998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2338,2552,2550,2336],"tags":[135,587,97],"class_list":["post-804571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","category-learn-photo-editing","category-learn-to-draw-with-wacom","category-photography","tag-adobe","tag-colin-smith","tag-photoshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}