How to: Mix two images in Photoshop?

Mix two images

In this article I will explain how you can perform many interesting effects, especially for wallpapers or logos by mixing two images.

Step 1.

Mixed Media Painting (Detail) by Choichun Leung / Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009 / 20090926.10D.54929.P1.L1 / SML (Photo credit: See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

The first step is to open the first image, select all (CTRL + A) and copy it to the clipboard (CTRL + C).

Step 2.

Mixed Media Painting (Detail) by Choichun Leung / Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009 / SML.20090926.10D.54933.P1.L1 (Photo credit: See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Then you have to open the second image. It is preferable for reasons of ease, both images are of the same size, the trick to work properly with images of different sizes, the smallest melting always about the bigger picture. .

Step 3.

Mixed Media Painting (Detail) by Choichun Leung / Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009 / 20090926.10D.54932.P1.L1.C23 / SML (Photo credit: See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Then we can click on the Quick Mask button or press the Q key. We chose the default colors (D key) and then take the gradient tool and apply it from left to right. As we are in quick mask mode, the white color will be transparent and the black color will be red. While it looks redder image, the less you see the other image through the first.

Step 4 We return to normal mode and see a selection box that covers about half of the image. Now simply paste the first image using Edit/Paste In to (SHIFT + CTRL + V). By doing this the first image is pasted onto the first producing the transition effect between them.