Wanting to merge Under Exposed and Over Exposed Images

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Todd_Temple
Aug 26, 2006
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I have received several images from a photographer whom has left it up to me to merge an under exposed and over exposed image together. The under exposed image was shot from an interior room with the scenery beyond the windows showing, and the over exposed image is from the same interior room with the interior showing… but the outdoor view through the windows are very "blown out". Is this possible to do in Photoshop CS1 or do I need to purchase CS2? I have also posted a page on my website with the two images in question for all to view. In advance, thanks for everyones assistance.

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Todd Temple
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Doug_Katz
Aug 26, 2006
One way:

1 Open the photo exposed properly for the interior.

2 Select the windows (I’d probably draw paths with the pen tool, then either save the paths or convert them to a selection and save the selection… the tricky part will be around the chandelier, but far from impossible).

3 Open the second image and shift-drag it to the first (I’ll assume both were shot with an unmoved tripod and now are perfectly aligned in Photoshop).

4 With the second image active (which is on top of the first), make a layer mask with the selection you made earlier.

5 Now the fun part: You’ve accomplished what you wanted but I suspect the lighting around the curtains will be too harsh and bright given the "new" scenery’s luminance. You’ll have to bring down those lighter areas some… maybe with a combination of: a) an overall curves adjustment to the layer, and b) a new layer set to Soft Light that you can paint on with black at reduced opacity to bring down the brightest areas of the curtains.
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Reed_Reed
Aug 26, 2006
Todd,

Here’s an example of the combined (blended) image:

(click on the image for a larger view)

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1Ao0RgT49MXBcEre1M 2AHt5LEj3rfM1>

Go to this site:

< http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending .shtml>

scroll down to "The Layer Mask" method. Very straightforward technique.
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deebs
Aug 27, 2006
I went for a moodier look.

Two paths, some soft-edge, tweak or an erase blend mode and repositioned some nodes

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1SI1fVDENC1M8oaKjn Fu440T1JLCF
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deebs
Aug 27, 2006
But I’m happier with this one as the shadows are not contrary.

The original images have two strong light sources giving rise to shadows going in opposite directions.

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ivmYTf47DUve2B6Pp cFI5OwQiet2

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