What you will need:
• Two images of the same subject with several repeating features. The photos do not need to be identical.
• Two images of the same subject with several repeating features. The photos do not need to be identical.
Open Photoshop
Open Adobe Bridge
Find the folder which has your images in it
Single click on the first image you wish to use. Hold down the control key and single click on each the other photo.
Click Tools > Photoshop > Load files into Photoshop Layers
Make sure your layers panel is displayed. Click Window > Layers (when the layers panel is showing you should have a checkmark next to it)
In your layers panel (in the lower right of your screen) single click on the bottom layer. Hold down your shift key and click on the top layer.
Click Edit > Auto-align Layers Choose the automatic option and click OK.
(Optional) Crop Image
Zoom in so that you can examine the picture more closely.
Create a blank layer. Click Layer > New Layer
While you are zoomed in, turn off the visibility of the top image layer by clicking on the eyeball at the left side of the layers panel. Carefully scan the image and review which faces or features are best on the underlying layer.
With Layer 1 highlighted in blue, use the brush tool
Turn the visibility back on for top image layer.
Make your top image layer the active layer by highlighting it in the layers panel.
Add a layer mask. Click Layer > Layer mask > Reveal All
Zoom into the image where you have marked areas for replacement.
Choose your eraser tool.
Set your colors to default by clicking “d” on your keyboard.
Using a moderately small brush, begin erasing the part of the image where your replacement should be. If you remove too much information, take your brush tool and paint it back into the image.
Turn off the visibility on Layer 1 or discard it.
Save your work as a psd or tiff file to save the layers
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