Some quarter of a century ago, all manipulations with photographs were done exclusively by hand. The man armed himself with scissors and glue, and then, with the best of diligence, cut and glued the necessary fragments. However, several years passed and everyone who was annoyed by this fuss, taking up a lot of free time, breathed a sigh of relief. Adobe Photoshop appeared.
Instructions
Step 1
Run the program (when writing the article, the CS5 version was used) and open both images in it at once: the one into which you will insert the new photo and this photo itself (for convenience, we will designate them as F1 and F2, respectively). To do this, click File> Open> select the required files> Open.
Step 2
Switch to F1. Right-click on the name of the image (located at the top of the document) and select "Duplicate" from the drop-down menu. A copy will appear next to it (let's call it F3), the background of which needs to be turned into a layer. In the lower right corner of the program, find the "Layers" panel, double-click on the background and immediately click "OK" in the window that appears. Make this layer invisible by clicking on the eye icon, which is to the right of the layer name. You did these manipulations in order to prepare a springboard for the future template.
Step 3
Switch to F1 and, for convenience, enlarge the place where the unwanted photograph is depicted. To do this, select "Scale" on the toolbar, move the cursor over the required area, hold down the left button and move the mouse to the right to zoom in on the picture or to the left to zoom out.
Step 4
If the photo has a regular quadrangular shape, use the Rectangular Marquee Tool, if the photo is oval or round, use the Oval Margin Tool. In this case, consider the option with a quadrangular picture. Draw a rough frame around the photo, right-click on the space inside it and select "Transform Selection" from the menu that appears. Then press the right button again and select "Distort". A frame will appear around the image, the corners of which you need to align with the corners of the photo you are replacing. Do this and press Enter to keep the distortion results in effect. Right-click again and select Invert Selection.
Step 5
For the fourth time, right-click the drop-down menu and select "Cut to New Layer" there. Activate the Move tool, drag the resulting pattern to Ф3 and match the corners of both objects.
Step 6
Switch to F2. If the size of this image is larger than that of F1, they need to be reduced. You can find out and resize a picture by clicking "Image"> "Image Size" (hotkeys alt="Image" + Ctrl + I). In order not to lose the ratio of the width to height of the photo, make sure to check the box next to "Maintain aspect ratio". Having dealt with the dimensions, drag F2 to F3. In the Layers panel (bottom right corner of the program), place the F2 layer below the template that you got from F1.
Step 7
It is worth mentioning here that if the proportions of F2 and the photo being replaced do not match, some area of F2 will have to be sacrificed. Click Edit> Transform> Scale and select the desired size for your future photo.
Step 8
To save the result, click "File", then "Save As", in the "Files of type" field, select JPEG, specify the path and click "OK".
