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Compositing multiple images in Photoshop is a fairly simple process — or at least, it
starts out that way. There are, of course, a number of technical and aesthetic issues that
you must resolve when you combine multiple images in a single design. Note:
When you created the
1. With aftermath.psd open, use the Mini Bridge panel to navigate back to background file for this
the Bridge application. project, you created
2. Click the storm.jpg thumbnail, then review the metadata for that file. a raster image that
contains pixels. Digital
This image is only 180 ppi, but it has a physical size much larger than the defined ad size. photographs and scans
The principle of effective resolution might make this image usable in the composite ad.
are also pixel-based,
which is why you use
Photoshop to edit and
manipulate those types
of files.

The storm.jpg
image is 180 ppi.

3. Double-click the storm.jpg thumbnail to open that file in Photoshop.

4. Open the Window>Arrange menu and choose 2-up (Vertical) to show both
open files at one time.
As you saw in the Interface chapter, these options are useful for arranging and viewing
multiple open files within your workspace. Note:
On Windows, the
5. Choose the Move tool in the Tools panel.
cursor shows a plus sign
6. Click in the storm.jpg image window and drag into the aftermath.psd image to indicate that you
window, then release the mouse button. are adding the image
as a new layer in the
Basic compositing can be as simple as dragging a selection from one file to another. If no document to which you
active selection appears in the source document, this action moves the entire active layer
from the source document. dragged.

Move tool

The outline shows the
shape of the layer you’re
dragging from one
document to another.

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