Creating double-exposure compositions

A double exposure was originally achieved in photography by exposing the same frame of film several times to blend different images on a single negative.

Blending unrelated images

You will first create an accurate selection and mask the street image in the shape of the woman’s body. Follow these steps:

1. Go to File → Open, browse to the 11-Blend folder, select Exposure-Subject.jpg, and click on Open.
2. Then, go to File → Place Linked, browse to the 11-Blend folder, select Exposure-Street.jpg, and click on Place.
3. When the artwork appears, click on the Commit button in the Options bar. Turn off the Exposure-Street layer visibility and left-click on the Background layer in the Layers panel to make it active:

Figure 11.16: The source images will be combined to form a double-exposure effect

4. Press the W key to switch to any one of the selection tools, either the Magic Wand...