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drAg A file to Composite imAges
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, open the file Storm.jpg from your WIP>Movie background file for this
folder. project, you created
2. With Storm.jpg the active file in the document window, open the Image Size a raster image that
dialog box (Image>Image Size). contains pixels. Digital
photographs and scans
Remember: You can press Command-Option-I/Control-Alt-I to open the dialog box. are also pixel-based,

This image is only 180 ppi, but it has a physical size much larger than the defined ad size. which is why you use
As with the original bricks image, the principle of effective resolution might make this Photoshop to edit and
image usable in the composite ad. manipulate those types
of files.

3. Click Cancel to close the Image Size dialog box.

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.

5. Choose the Move tool in the Tools panel.
Note:
6. Click in the Storm.jpg image window and drag into the aftermath.psd image
window, then release the mouse button. On Windows, the
cursor shows a plus sign
Basic compositing can be as simple as dragging a selection from one file to another. If no
active selection appears in the source document, this action moves the entire active layer to indicate that you
from the source document. are adding the image
as a new layer in the
document to which you
Move tool
dragged.

This cursor shows that you are dragging
a layer. In this case, you’re dragging it
into another document window.

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