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  1. #1
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    Default Blend and merge photos

    Am new to P&GD 2013.

    Trying to photo merge as shown on page 98 of the manual and also in Help. This is to blurr the background.

    A copy is made to the right, blurred and graduated transparency made.

    But, whatever tried, the blurred image remains in the elliptical centre and not in the surrounding area, so if merged the main subject is blurred.
    It needs a negative result to this, but can't achieve this.

    Must be simple to most people here, so would appreciate your advice!

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    Default Re: Blend and merge photos

    To get the result you want you need two photos one on top of the other the bottom photo is the one you blur, the top one is the one you apply the transparency to. You can also adjust your elliptical transparency with the transparency handles and also by using the profiles dialogue box (click the arrow icon on the info bar) In the screenshot below I'm using Designer Pro but Photo&graphic Designer should work the same way.

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    Default Re: Blend and merge photos

    ok I have the pro version - different manual but I think I see the chapter you refer to on page 245

    you need to make the copy on top of the original

    so

    select your photograph - clone it, which puts a copy directly on top - blur that copy, apply the eliptical transparency to it, and the original unblurred should now show through


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    Default Re: Blend and merge photos

    Beat you to it I do it backwards to the way that it is showed in the help file/manual with my blurred photo on the bottom and I use the elliptical transparency on the top photo that way I don't have to reverse the transparency

    Edit: Another way to do this would be to blur the top copy and use the eraser tool with a large nib and a high softness value and erase out where you want the sharper bottom photo to show through.
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    Default Re: Blend and merge photos

    Many thanks, folks.

    I thought I'd also tried the reverse way to that in the manual, but maybe not as you gave given it.

    This leads to another simple question - (don't cringe, please) - if the original is on the left and the copy on the right, which is top and which is bottom?

    See, life isn't simple.

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    Default Re: Blend and merge photos

    the original is on the bottom and the copy is on top of it - literally

    they are not side by side when you come to do it
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    Default Re: Blend and merge photos

    Hi Denton,

    You can make either be top or bottom. Select one and use Ctrl+F to bring it to the front (top) or Ctrl+B to send it to the back (bottom) of the stacking order of the layer they are on.
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