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Welcome to issue 114 of Practical Photoshop! If you enjoy

REPLACE A BACKGROUND

Replacing a background has to be one of the things

BUILD A SEQUENCE

If you have a sequence of photos taken in alignment

MASK IMAGES TO TEXT

One of the easiest ways to make a composite is

LAYER MASKS EXPLAINED

To make a mask, we can either go to Layer

PLACE AN IMAGE IN A SCREEN

This is one of those image-editing tasks that photographers and

REPLACE A HEAD IN A GROUP PHOTO

With group photos, it can be tricky to get perfect

ADD STARS TO A NIGHT SKY

If you want to composite stars into a night-time scene,

MAKE A PORTRAIT STITCH

If you have several portraits taken against a plain, uniform

MAKING COMPOSITES WORK

If the tones and colors in your combined images don’t

LEARN NEW CC TRICKS

We’re used to seeing Adobe roll out regular updates to

TAKE YOUR TIME AT TWILIGHT

Neutral-density filters are often used to block the flow of

LONG-EXPOSURE LANDSCAPES

Our exposure will reach several minutes: we need the camera

MINUTES-LONG EXPOSURES

Whenever you use an exposure that runs into several seconds

SHOOT AFTER DARK

If your near-dark scene includes lights like those shining on

CALCULATE A LONG EXPOSURE

If you want to shoot with a very long exposure

CLOUD MOVEMENT AND BLUR

The amount of blur in the sky here depends on

DARK FRAME SUBTRACTION

Very long exposures can lead to increased image noise, due

ESSENTIALS

If you’re relatively new to editing in Photoshop, or you

THE IMAGE-EDITING WORKFLOW

The image-editing process begins as soon as you’ve transferred your

SIX ESSENTIAL LAYERS FOR PHOTOS

Photoshop has many types of layers and adjustment layers available,