How To: Blend Multiple Flash Exposures in CS4

[Red02Accordv6_2]

I'm not sure if there was a thread on this already but I'll share my technique anyways.

First, choose the exposures you want to blend. I've chosen three exposures I took with my camera on a tripod and the flash in a different location in each exposure.

Second, open photoshop cs4, go to File - Scripts - Statistics

Third, in "Choose Stack Mode" drop down, select "Maximum". Browse for the files you want to merge.

Forth, hit OK and wait for the finished image.

Here's the final image:

 

[bdeitemeyer]

Thanks for the tip, I have a DSLR & Adobe CS4 Master Collection without an expertise in either. lol

 

[SykVSyx]

Nice, thanks for the tip.

How come the rear fender looks lower in your sig, than in that pic?

 

[Red02Accordv6_2]

How come the rear fender looks lower in your sig, than in that pic?

lol, sig pic is my aspiration height

 

[SykVSyx]

lol, sig pic is my aspiration height

hahaha, it'll be our secret......

 

[Raymond]

Good stuff man, I do it manually (dragging each shot as a new layer on a bottom pic) so I can adjust opacity and mask out stuff I don't want lit.

 

[Levi]

That's really cool, I never noticed the statistics option.

 

[Red02Accordv6_2]

Good stuff man, I do it manually (dragging each shot as a new layer on a bottom pic) so I can adjust opacity and mask out stuff I don't want lit.

thanks ray, i tired your method but could never get it to look right. lol. Big fan of your photos btw

 

[x5carl3tMurd3rx]

god I can't wait till Christmas so I can finally have my camera!! this is awesome btw I, as a noob to photography, was wondering how alot of you guys were getting pictures that just seemed to well lit to be natural.

 

[Nismode]

Hmm, does this work in CS3? Too lazy to install CS4 (I have CS3 on my laptop and CS2 on my desktop haha)