Melding Two Photos Into One

[Ed Davidson]

Posted this on another site...thought it might be useful here as well. Several people have asked how I combine two photos into one, so here's a little how-to. The photo-melding process will vary depending on what programs you use, but here's how I do it.

Using my five year old Paint Shop Pro v7...click on this link and then click on the arrow inside the screenshot for a short how-to video: http://screencast.com/t/OzoUmdHzoO. You can re-run the video, using this link, as many times as you want. If you'll do a "Paint Shop Pro" search on eBay, you'll find lots of copies of this program, one or two revisions out of date (v9 to vX) but 100% service-able, for less than $30.

Then I use another program called VuePrint (http://www.hamrick.com) to crop and re-size photos. Here's another video how-to on that process: http://screencast.com/t/74RY6uKE. I like VuePrint for resizing and cropping because it is so easy to use.

 

[GeorgeH]

You can accomplish the same thing using the Microsoft MSPublisher that comes as part of your XP (or other OS) package.
Simply select "Picture From File" from the left side bar, create your frame and insert the image you decide to use. Then, do the same thing with another image and move it into any position you prefer. Select the two images as a group (using the select all framing process) and save as an image to file.
That's all there is to it:

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[Leo Frilot]

You can do it with powerpoint also. When finished save the file as a .jpg and it's ready to post.