So, let’s go for it. First, open PhotoFiltre (Studio), and then open the picture you want to work with. I’d recommend using an HQ file, because of the quality and the size, but that is up to you of course.
You can either blend with a similar looking picture, or a texture. I’ll explain how to blend two pictures first – later on I’ll do another tutorial on how to do textures. (it’s the same technique, basically)
Here’s picture number one, our background:
Now, we’re ready to open the second picture that you’re gonna use to blend. I’d recommend you open PF in a new screen, just to make sure you won’t mix up the layers. (then click ‘open’ in ‘file’ in the main menu)
Here’s number two, or your first layer:
We’re gonna work with this picture. First, you need to ‘duplicate’ it: click ‘image’ (in the main menu) and then ‘duplicate’:
Once you’re clicked on it, the exact same picture will appear on your screen once more. We need that second picture to work with: click ‘filter’ > ‘color’> ‘gradient’ in the main menu:
The opacity needs to be 100% in both cases: for color, choose color 1 black, and color 2 white:
Click Ok. The second picture will now look like this:
Now, click again ‘filter’ > ‘noise’ > ‘add noise’:
Make sure that the amount of the ‘’noise’’ you add is 5, and that the ‘’uniform’’ square is selected, like this:
Click Ok.
The next step is to assemble the two pictures. Copy the black/white layer, and go back to the original, second picture. Click: edit > paste special > assemble in the main menu, like this:
The end result should look like this:
We’re gonna paste this assembled picture in the original background, but first your first picture needs to be big enough. I’d recommend you either change the amount of pixels, or just make it wider by expanding the back ground, like this:
Once you’ve done that, we’re ready to copy the whole assembled image, by clicking right and then choose ‘copy’. Go back to the first picture you’ve opened (the background) and then go to ‘edit’ again > click ‘paste special’ > ‘image with linked mask’, like this.
On the right, you can clearly see we’ve now got a background, and a layer.
You can move the layer within the borders of the background, and all you’ll then need to do is merge the two, like this:
Click right on ‘layer’ > ‘merge with previous layer’. And here’s the end result:
You can now add as much effects as you like. You’ll see that the left picture is less bright than the right one is: you can change this by selecting it, and use the ‘shadows’ tool or the ‘adjust brightness/contrast’ tools in the main menu. And that’s it!
