page_title: Image editing
section_title: Selecting and merging of images
hierarchical_section_title: Image editing / Image editor features / Selecting and merging of images
caption_attribution_description: Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Фотамантаж — кампазыцыя 16 розных фатаздымкаў, зь якіх ствараецца ўяўленьне адзінага гарманічнага пэйзажу. Выкарыстанае ПЗ: Adobe Photoshop. Čeština: Fotomontáž je tvořena specifickým použitím techniky fotografických obrazů. Tato fotografická montáž je složená ze 16 různých fotografií. Deutsch: Fotomontage English: Photomontage - Composite of 16 different photos which have been digitally manipulated to give the impression that it is a real landscape. Software used: Adobe Photoshop Español: Fotomontaje Suomi: Fotomontaasi, jossa on käytetty 16 kuvaa. Français&#160;: Photomontage réalisé en assemblant 16 photos différentes pour constituer un paysage, en utilisant le logiciel Adobe Photoshop. Bahasa Indonesia: Montase dari 16 foto menggunakan Photoshop. Македонски: Фотомонтажа од 16 слики изработена со Adobe Photoshop. 日本語: 16枚の写真を用いてフォトショップで作成したフォトモンタージュ Polski: Fotomontaż 16 różnych obrazów Português: Fotomontagem de 16 images, manipuladas digitalmente através do Photoshop com a intenção de formar uma paisagem real Русский: Фотомонтаж — композиция 16-и различных фотографий, из которых путём цифрового редактирования и наложения создаётся представление единого реалистичного пейзажа. Использованное ПО: Adobe Photoshop
context_page_description: Image editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they are digital photographs, traditional photo-chemical photographs, or illustrations. Traditional analog image editing is known as photo retouching, using tools such as an airbrush to modify photographs or editing illustrations with any traditional art medium. Graphic software programs, which can be broadly grouped into vector graphics editors, raster graphics editors, and 3D modelers, are the primary tools with which a user may manipulate, enhance, and transform images. Many image editing programs are also used to render or create computer art from scratch.
context_section_description: Many graphics applications are capable of merging one or more individual images into a single file. The orientation and placement of each image can be controlled.
  When selecting a raster image that is not rectangular, it requires separating the edges from the background, also known as silhouetting. This is the digital-analog of cutting out the image from a physical picture. Clipping paths may be used to add silhouetted images to vector graphics or page layout files that retain vector data. Alpha compositing, allows for soft translucent edges when selecting images. There are a number of ways to silhouette an image with soft edges, including selecting the image or its background by sampling similar colors, selecting the edges by raster tracing, or converting a clipping path to a raster selection. Once the image is selected, it may be copied and pasted into another section of the same file, or into a separate file. The selection may also be saved in what is known as an alpha channel.
  A popular way to create a composite image is to use transparent layers. The background image is used as the bottom layer, and the image with parts to be added are placed in a layer above that. Using an image layer mask, all but the parts to be merged are hidden from the layer, giving the impression that these parts have been added to the background layer. Performing a merge in this manner preserves all of the pixel data on both layers to more easily enable future changes in the new merged image.
caption: Photomontage of 16 photos which have been digitally manipulated in Photoshop to give the impression that it is a real landscape
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