The need to combine fragments of two photographs arises quite often, therefore the operation of opening several files in the graphics editor Adobe Photoshop is one of the quite often used. Depending on your preferences, you can open two photos at once in several ways.
Necessary
Graphic editor Adobe Photoshop
Instructions
Step 1
Press CTRL + O if you want to open each photo on a separate tab in the graphics editor window. These "hot keys" replace the choice of the "Open" command in the "File" section of the Photoshop menu and launch the dialog for selecting images to load into the editor. With the help of this dialog, find the file of the first of the photos on your computer and click it with the mouse. Then find the second one and also click it, but with the CTRL key pressed. As a result, you will see in the "File name" line the names of both files, separated by a space. In this way, you can open more than two files at the same time. After clicking the "Open" button, the editor will load the photos you marked, placing each one on a separate tab.
Step 2
Start Windows Explorer if you don't want to use the standard Adobe Photoshop file open dialog. This can be done by pressing the WIN + E keys or by double-clicking the My Computer shortcut on the desktop. Find the folder with photos in the explorer. Place the windows of the open Explorer and Photoshop so that you can drag the selected files from the file manager into the graphic editor window. Then click the file of one of the photos and, pressing the CTRL key, click the second. Having selected both in this way, drag them into the Photoshop window. The editor will understand you correctly and will open both photos in separate tabs. You can use this method to select and drag photos without a file manager, for example, if they are stored right on your desktop.
Step 3
If you need to open two photos by placing one inside the other, then you can do this in two steps. First, open the first photo by pressing CTRL + O, then select the file you want and click the Open button. The editor will load the image, and you open the "File" section in the menu and select "Place" in it. The file selection window will open again and you will need to find the second photo. When you click the "Open" button, Photoshop will load the second image into the same layer as the first photo, while turning on the transform mode for the second photo. To reduce or enlarge the second picture, move the anchor points in the corners of the rectangular selection around the second photo with the mouse, while holding down the SHIFT key. You can reposition the second photo in front of the first by dragging it with the mouse or by pressing the arrow keys. When finished positioning the pasted image, press Enter.
