{"id":6229,"date":"2015-04-16T11:48:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T15:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=6229"},"modified":"2022-11-02T12:48:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:48:31","slug":"how-to-auto-align-and-composite-images-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-editing\/how-to-auto-align-and-composite-images-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Auto-Align And Composite Images In Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>How many times have you found yourself trying to choose between two similar photos of your subject where neither photo is perfect? It's a common problem with group shots where in one photo, someone's eyes are closed, and in the other, someone else is looking in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.adslot-pr2 { display: inline-block; width:300px; float:right; margin: 6px 0px 12px 20px; }\n@media (max-width: 767px) { .adslot-pr2 { display: none; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 photo editing top responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle adslot-pr2\"     \n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4356542292\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>Wouldn't it be great if, rather than being forced to choose between them, there was an easy way to merge the two images together, keeping only the best elements from each photo, to create that elusive, perfect shot? Fortunately, there is!<\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial, we'll learn how to easily align and composite images in Photoshop. In fact, you may be surprised by just <em>how<\/em> easy it is to do since we're going to let Photoshop  do much of the work for us. First, we'll use a command few people know about to automatically load our photos into the same document and place each one on its own independent layer. Then, we'll align the  images using Photoshop's  powerful <strong>Auto-Align Layers<\/strong> command. Finally, we'll  use a <strong>layer mask<\/strong> to hide the unwanted areas in one photo and replace them with the better versions from the other photo!<\/p>\n<p>I'll be using <a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/l\/dlXjD2w\" title=\"View image on Adobe Stock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photoshop CC<\/a> here but this tutorial is also fully compatible with Photoshop CS6.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Here's the two photos I'll be working with, taken one sunny afternoon while driving around the countryside. In this first image, I like the horse on the right as it approaches and looks straight into the camera, but the horse on the left is looking down and showing me nothing but the top of its head:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/horse-on-right.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of two horses, with the horse on the left looking away. Image \u00a9 2015 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The first image.<\/div>\n<p>This second photo, taken a few seconds earlier, gives me a better view of the horse on the left, but the horse on the right is further back in the frame and not as interesting as it was in the first shot:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/horse-on-left.jpg\" alt=\"A second photo of the same horses, with a better view of the horse on the left. \" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The second image.<\/div>\n<p>What I'd like to do is combine the best elements from both versions, taking the horse on the right from the first photo and merging it with the horse on the left in the second photo. Here's what the final composite version will look like:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/photoshop-auto-align-composite-image.jpg\" alt=\"A second photo of the same horses, with a better view of the horse on the left. \" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final composite.<\/div>\n<p>You can use the same steps we're about to learn to align and merge all kinds of images, from family and group shots to animals and pets, landscape and nature photos, or whatever the case may be, so feel free to follow along with your own images. Let's get started!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<section>\n<h3>Step 1: Load Both Images Into The Same Document<\/h3>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.photoedit-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; height:250px; float:right; margin: 6px 0px 12px 20px; }\n@media (max-width: 767px) { .photoedit-middle { display: none; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- photoedit-rectangle-middle -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle photoedit-middle\"     \n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6428689099\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>Before we can align and merge our photos, we first need a way to get them both into the same document, with each image on its own separate <a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/\">layer<\/a>. There's actually an easy way to do this, but few people know about it. Simply go up to the <strong>File<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar along the top of the screen, choose <strong>Scripts<\/strong>, and then choose <strong>Load Files into Stack<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/scripts-load-files-into-stack.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Load Files into Stack script under the File menu. Image &copy; 2015 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"241\" height=\"167\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Going to File &gt; Scripts &gt; Load Files into Stack.<\/div>\n<p>If &quot;Load Files into Stack&quot; sounds confusing (which it does), think of it instead as &quot;Load Files into <em>Layers<\/em>&quot; because that's exactly what the script does; it opens two or more images into the same  document and  places each image on its own layer. In fact, there's a command in Adobe Bridge named &quot;Load Files into Photoshop Layers&quot; that does the same thing, but for this tutorial, we'll stick with Photoshop. <\/p>\n<p>Once you've selected the script, Photoshop will pop open the <strong>Load Layers<\/strong> dialog box. This is where we tell Photoshop which images to open. Click the <strong>Browse<\/strong> button:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/load-layers-browse.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the Browse button in the Load Layers dialog box. \" width=\"518\" height=\"275\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the Browse button in the Load Layers dialog box.<\/div>\n<p>Navigate to the folder on your hard drive where the images you want to merge are located. In my case, both of my photos are in a folder  on my Desktop. I'll click on the first image to select it, then I'll press and hold my <strong>Shift<\/strong> key and click on the second image. This selects both images at once. With both of your photos selected, click the <strong>Open<\/strong> button:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/select-files-open.gif\" alt=\"Selecting both images and clicking Open. \" width=\"579\" height=\"409\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Shift-clicking on the images to select them both, then clicking Open.<\/div>\n<p>You'll see your selected images listed in the center of the Load Layers dialog box. Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to load them into Photoshop:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/load-layers-okay.gif\" alt=\"Selecting both images and clicking Open. \" width=\"518\" height=\"270\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking OK to load the selected images.<\/div>\n<p>It may take a few moments, but both images will be loaded into the same document, each on its own layer. Since the photos are sitting one above the other, we can only see one of them at a time in the main document area:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/image-1.jpg\" alt=\"Both images were loaded, but only one is currently visible. \" width=\"639\" height=\"358\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Both images were loaded, but only one is currently visible.<\/div>\n<p>If we look in the <strong><a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/\">Layers panel<\/a><\/strong>, though, we  see that, sure enough, both photos are there. The one on the top layer is the one currently visible in the document, but if you click on its <strong>visibility icon<\/strong> to the left of the layer, you'll temporarily turn it off, revealing the other image below it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/layer-visibility-icon.gif\" alt=\"The Layers panel showing both photos loaded into the document. \" width=\"301\" height=\"209\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the top image's visibility icon to turn it off.<\/div>\n<p>With the top layer turned off, the image on the bottom layer is now visible in the document. Click the same visibility icon again to turn the top image back on:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/image-2.jpg\" alt=\"Turning off the top layer reveals the photo on the bottom layer. \" width=\"639\" height=\"358\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Turning off the top layer reveals the photo on the bottom layer.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/\">Learn all about layers in Photoshop!<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: Select Both Layers<\/h3>\n<p>In a moment, we're going to align the images, but to do that, we first need to have both layers selected. Click on the <strong>top layer<\/strong> in the Layers panel to select it if it isn't selected already. Then, press and hold your <strong>Shift<\/strong> key and click on the <strong>bottom layer<\/strong>. This will select both layers at once:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/selecting-both-layers.gif\" alt=\"The Selecting both layers at once in the Layers panel. \" width=\"289\" height=\"270\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the top layer, then Shift-clicking the bottom layer to select them both.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 3: Auto-Align The Layers<\/h3>\n<p>With both layers selected, go up to the <strong>Edit<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen and choose <strong>Auto-Align Layers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/photoshop-auto-aligh-layers.gif\" alt=\"Choosing the Auto-Align Layers command from under the Edit menu. \" width=\"268\" height=\"135\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Going to Edit &gt; Auto-Align Layers.<\/div>\n<p>This opens the Auto-Align Layers dialog box. Photoshop is quite capable of doing an amazing job when aligning  images, so we'll let it do all the work. Leave the <strong>Projection<\/strong> option at the top set to <strong>Auto<\/strong> (the default setting), then click OK:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/auto-align-layers-photoshop.gif\" alt=\"Leaving the Projection option set to Auto in the Auto-Align Layers dialog box. \" width=\"591\" height=\"333\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The default &quot;Auto&quot; option is all you need.<\/div>\n<p>Again, it may take a few moments, but when it's done, your photos should be aligned with each other. You can click on each layer's <strong>visibility icon<\/strong> in the Layers panel to toggle it on and off  and see what changes Photoshop has made to get them aligned. I'll click on my bottom layer's visibility icon to turn that layer off temporarily:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/bottom-layer-visibility-icon.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the visibility icon for the bottom layer in the Layers panel. \" width=\"304\" height=\"209\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Hiding the bottom layer.<\/div>\n<p>This lets me view just the top image, and here we can see that to get both photos aligned, Photoshop resized and rotated the top image. The checkerboard pattern around the image is Photoshop's way of representing transparency:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/top-image-resized-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"Clicking the visibility icon for the bottom layer in the Layers panel. \" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The top image was resized and rotated to align it with the bottom image.<\/div>\n<p>I'll click the same visibility icon once again to turn the bottom layer back on:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/visibility-icon-again.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the empty square to toggle the layer visibility back on. \" width=\"303\" height=\"181\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the empty square to toggle the visibility back on.<\/div>\n<p>And now, we  see just how great of a job Photoshop has done. There is a noticeable horizontal line cutting across the image near the top where the shade of blue in the sky doesn't match between photos, but I'll fix  that in a moment. Overall, Photoshop did an amazing job:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/photoshop-auto-align-images.jpg\" alt=\"The images after running the Auto-Align Layers command. \" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The images after running the Auto-Align Layers command.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 4: Select The Top Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Now that our images are aligned, we can use a <strong>layer mask<\/strong> to hide the unwanted areas in the top image and reveal the better versions from the image underneath. Click on the <strong>top layer<\/strong> in the Layers panel to select it, which deselects the bottom layer at the same time:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/select-top-layer.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the top layer in the Layers panel. \" width=\"289\" height=\"182\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting just the top layer.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 5: Add A Layer Mask<\/h3>\n<p>Click on the <strong>Add Layer Mask<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/add-layer-mask.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the Add Layer Mask icon. \" width=\"289\" height=\"188\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the Add Layer Mask icon.<\/div>\n<p>Nothing will happen to the image in the main document area, but a white-filled <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong> appears on the top layer in the Layers panel. If you want to learn more about how layer masks work, be sure to check out our full <a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/layer-masks\/\">Understanding Layer Masks in Photoshop<\/a> tutorial:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/layer-mask-thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"The Layers panel showing the new layer mask thumbnail. \" width=\"289\" height=\"209\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Layers panel showing the new layer mask thumbnail.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 6: Select The Brush Tool<\/h3>\n<p>To hide the unwanted areas, we'll need to paint on the layer mask with a brush. For that, we'll need Photoshop's <strong>Brush Tool<\/strong>. Select the Brush Tool from the <strong>Tools panel<\/strong> along the left of the screen:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/select-brush-tool.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Brush Tool in Photoshop. \" width=\"76\" height=\"141\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Grabbing the Brush Tool.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 7: Choose A Soft Round Brush<\/h3>\n<p>With the Brush Tool selected, click on the <strong>Brush Presets<\/strong> icon in the <strong>Options Bar<\/strong> along the top of the screen:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/brush-preset-picker-icon.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the Brush Preset icon in the Options Bar. \" width=\"352\" height=\"97\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the Brush Preset icon.<\/div>\n<p>This opens Photoshop's <strong>Brush Preset Picker<\/strong>. Double-click on the first <strong>thumbnail<\/strong> (the one in the top left) to select the <strong>soft round brush<\/strong>. Double-clicking both selects the brush and then closes out of the Brush Preset Picker:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/brush-preset-picker.gif\" alt=\"Double-clicking the soft round brush thumbnail. \" width=\"311\" height=\"317\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Double-clicking the soft round brush thumbnail.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 8: Set Your Foreground Color To Black<\/h3>\n<p>In order to hide areas on the top layer, with need to paint on the layer mask with <strong>black<\/strong>. Photoshop uses the <strong>Foreground color<\/strong> as the color of the brush, so to quickly set your Foreground color to black, first press the letter <strong>D<\/strong> on your keyboard to make sure your Foreground and Background colors are set to their defaults for working with layer masks. This sets your Foreground color to white and your Background color to black. Then, to swap them so your Foreground color is black, press the letter <strong>X<\/strong> on your keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>You can see your current Foreground and Background colors in the <strong>color swatches<\/strong> near the bottom of the Tools panel. Your Foreground color swatch is the one in the upper left. It should now be filled with black:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/foreground-color-black.gif\" alt=\"The Foreground color swatch filled with black. \" width=\"70\" height=\"175\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Foreground color  should be black.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 9: Paint Over Areas To Hide Them And Reveal The Image Underneath<\/h3>\n<p>With a soft round brush in hand and black as the Foreground color, simply paint over any areas in the top image that you want to hide and replace with the same area from the image below it. In my case, I want to replace the horse on the right with the better version of the horse from the other image, so I'll  begin painting over the horse. Since I'm painting on the layer mask, <em>not<\/em> on the image itself, we won't see the black color of my brush strokes. Instead, the top horse begins to disappear in the areas I'm painting over, replaced by the better version of the horse below it. It looks a bit like a science experiment gone  wrong at the moment, but it will look better when I'm done:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/painting-away-horse.jpg\" alt=\"Painting with black on the layer mask to reveal the horse on the bottom layer. \" width=\"387\" height=\"600\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Painting with black on the mask to swap the horses.<\/div>\n<h3>Helpful Tips<\/h3>\n<p>Here's a few handy tips to help you out as you're painting on the mask. To <strong>change the size of your brush<\/strong> from the keyboard, press the <strong>left bracket key<\/strong> ( <strong>[<\/strong> ) repeatedly to make it <strong>smaller<\/strong> or the <strong>right bracket key<\/strong> ( <strong>]<\/strong> ) to make it <strong>larger<\/strong>. To <strong>change the hardness of the brush<\/strong>, press and hold the <strong>Shift<\/strong> key while pressing the <strong>left bracket key<\/strong> to make the edges <strong>softer<\/strong> or the <strong>right bracket key<\/strong> to make them <strong>harder<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>If you make a mistake and paint over an area you didn't mean to, press the letter <strong>X<\/strong> on your keyboard to swap your Foreground and Background colors, making your Foreground color <strong>white<\/strong>. Paint with white over the mistake to bring back the image on the top layer. Then, press <strong>X<\/strong> again to switch your Foreground color back to black and continue painting away other areas.<\/p>\n<p>I'll continue painting over the area until I've completely replaced the horse in the top image with the same horse from the bottom image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/horse-revealed.jpg\" alt=\"Most of the original horse has been replaced with the better version below it. \" width=\"327\" height=\"600\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original horse has now been replaced with the better version below it.<\/div>\n<p>I also want to make sure I swap out the shadow being cast by the horse, so I'll paint over that area as well:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/shadow-revealed.jpg\" alt=\"Painting over the shadow on the ground. \" width=\"442\" height=\"599\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Painting over the shadow on the ground.<\/div>\n<h3>Comparing The Original And Composite Versions<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to compare the original and composite versions, you can temporarily turn off the layer mask by pressing and holding your <strong>Shift<\/strong> key and clicking on the <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong> in the Layers panel. A red \"X\" will appear letting you know the mask has been disabled:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/disable-layer-mask.gif\" alt=\"Shift-clicking on the mask thumbnail to temporarily disable it. \" width=\"289\" height=\"209\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Shift-clicking on the mask thumbnail to temporarily disable it.<\/div>\n<p>With the mask disabled, we see the original, unedited version:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/image-mask-disabled.jpg\" alt=\"The original version of the photo. \" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original version of the photo.<\/div>\n<p>Press and hold <strong>Shift<\/strong> and click  again on the <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong> to turn the mask back on and view the composite version:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/composited-version.jpg\" alt=\"The composite work-in-progress. \" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The composite work-in-progress.<\/div>\n<p>To fix that harsh, horizontal line near the top of the image where the shade of blue doesn't match between images, I'll press the <strong>right bracket key<\/strong> ( <strong>]<\/strong> ) on my keyboard a few times to make my brush size larger, and with my brush edge still nice and soft, I'll simply paint across that line to create a smooth transition between the photos:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/blending-sky.jpg\" alt=\"Painting with a large, soft brush across the sky. \" width=\"640\" height=\"203\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Painting with a large, soft brush across the sky.<\/div>\n<h3>Viewing The Layer Mask In The Document<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to view the actual layer mask itself in the document so you can see exactly where you've painted, press and hold the <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) key on your keyboard and click on the <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong> in the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/alt-click-mask-thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"Alt-clicking (Win) \/ Option-clicking (Mac) on the mask thumbnail. \" width=\"289\" height=\"209\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Alt-clicking (Win) \/ Option-clicking (Mac) on the mask thumbnail.<\/div>\n<p>This temporarily replaces your image in the document with the layer mask. White represents the areas where the top image remains visible. Areas you've painted over to reveal the image on the bottom layer appear in black. Here, we can see where I've painted over the horse and the sky, and I've also painted along the right edge to smooth out a few more harsh transition edges:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/view-layer-mask.jpg\" alt=\"Viewing the layer mask itself in the document. \" width=\"639\" height=\"428\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Viewing the layer mask itself in the document.<\/div>\n<p>To hide the layer mask and switch back to your image, once again press and hold your <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) key and click on the <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong>. And with that, we're done! Here is my final composite of the two original photos:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/auto-align-and-composite-images\/photoshop-auto-align-composite-image.jpg\" alt=\"A composite of two images auto-aligned in Photoshop. \" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final result.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside><style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><\/aside>\n<section>\n<p>And there we have it! 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