Merge sequence of action shots into one image

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mick_mason
Dec 11, 2008
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Hi,

Does anyone know of a better way to create this kind of shot in photoshop (or in camera – Canon 50D), rather than loading them into seperate layers, then deleting the background from all but the bottom layer?

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Thanks

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Phosphor
Dec 11, 2008
Is the background absolutely identical in all shots? If so, you could stack them in Layers and just roughly delete or mask out the backgrounds on each one
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mick_mason
Dec 11, 2008
Hi Ed,

Yes. The sequence will be taken on a tripod with a remote shutter release in high speed burst mode.

Can auto blend layers in CS4 be used for this sort of thing?

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Phil_Taz
Dec 11, 2008
If the background is identical, it is easy to stack the images, mask them entirely and then ‘paint’ back in with a paintbrush or other favourite tool on the masks. Like masking backwards, you ‘unmask’ the bit you want, it is easy! Leave the main background image, then start with the next backmost image and work forward.
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Phosphor
Dec 12, 2008
mick,

If they are identical no blending should be necessary.

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