Applying skills to an Image Composite – Lunch on Table

In this example, I shot several shots of a plate of food. A couple of the photos were taken at different times because I was undecided on what I wanted to include in the arrangement of the table setup.

I provided these photos in the resources folder for you to follow along; as I think it will be a good exercise to re-enforce some of the skills we’ve learned thus far – making selections, creating masks, making adjustment layers, and refining edges – allowing us to combine photos to make an Image Composite, which is the overall lesson of this chapter (see Figure 9.1):

Figure 9.1 – Shooting Your Photos for Image Composites

Now, let’s see how we can use these different shots to create an Image Composite by making selections, adjustments, and re-arranging them to create a new composition:

1. At the top-left of Figure 9.1, in the first photo, is some...