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1. Person moving into 5 different spots
  • Place camera on a tripod
    • Make sure your person as a lot of area to move around
      • Take 5 seperate photographs of the person  
        • They must MOVE to another spot in every photo 
          • They need to be 5-8 feet apart for each photo
            • Do NOT have them overlap themself
              • The farther apart the better the next section will work
Step 1:
  • Go to File
    • Scripts
      • Load Files into Stack
Step 2:
  • Click Browse
    • Select 5 photos you will use for the project
      • Check box:   Attempt to Automatically Align Source Images
        • Click OK

Step 3

  • Photoshop will stack all of your photos into one image
    • It will have 5 Layers
      • Each layer is one of the photos you took

Step 4:

  • Select the Crop tool
    • crop out the extra area

Step 5:
  • Click on the top layer image

Step 6a

  • Pick the Quick Selection Tool
    • Select the entire person
      • Do NOT miss any area
        • Do NOT select area around person

Step 6b

  • If your person has a shadow you MUST select this also.
    • When you don’t include the shadow will look fake

Step 7

  • Click on the Mask (box at bottom of layers pallet)

Step 8
  • The 2nd person will now appear
    • Note: If they do not appear click Click CTRL and i

Step 9

  • Click on the next layer image
    • Pick the Quick Selection Tool
      • Select the entire person
        • Do NOT miss any area
          • Do NOT select area around person

Step 10

  • Click on the Mask (box at bottom of layers pallet)

Step 11
  • The third person will appear
    • Note: If they do not appear click Click CTRL and i

Step 12

  • Click on the next layer image
    • Pick the Quick Selection Tool
      • Select the entire person
        • Do NOT miss any area
          • Do NOT select area around person

Step 13

  • Click on the Mask (box at bottom of layers pallet)
    • The fourth person will appear
      • Note: If they do not appear click Click CTRL and 

Step 14

  • Repeat the above steps until you have 5 people.
    • If you would like to do more than 5 keep following the above steps.
  • Flatten Image
    • Edit in ACR (camera raw)
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