Makeover example five

This example is more of a re-creation than a retouching exercise—to take three different images and blend them together using the Spot Healing Brush, the Eraser Tool, and the power of Layers.

Problem: Combining different images can be problematic.

Solution: Exploit Layers (including Layer Blend Modes, Layer Opacity, and Simplifying Layers) to combine the images and text, plus use the Eraser Tool and various brush settings to help to blend the image's pixels together convincingly.

Outcome: Blend three images and text together to make it look like a professional TV promotional poster.

In this example, I wanted to combine several images to make up a digital illustration—something that only works if you combine the right elements together.

We'll look at adding two images together, then manipulating how they interact by simply erasing bits off the upper image in the layer stack (in this case, it's the press shot from the TV series Wolf Hall)....