How To: Blend Multiple Flash Exposures in CS4

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  1. Dec 8, 2009 at 3:31 PM #1
    Red02Accordv6_2

    Red02Accordv6_2 Well-Known Member

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    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.

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

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

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    Forth, hit OK and wait for the finished image. :thumbup:

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    Here's the final image:

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  2. Dec 8, 2009 at 3:49 PM #2
    bdeitemeyer

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    Thanks for the tip, I have a DSLR & Adobe CS4 Master Collection without an expertise in either. lol
     
  3. Dec 8, 2009 at 3:57 PM #3
    SykVSyx

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    Nice, thanks for the tip.

    How come the rear fender looks lower in your sig, than in that pic?
     
  4. Dec 8, 2009 at 4:02 PM #4
    Red02Accordv6_2

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    lol, sig pic is my aspiration height :hide:
     
  5. Dec 8, 2009 at 4:03 PM #5
    SykVSyx

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    hahaha, it'll be our secret......:deal:
     
  6. Dec 12, 2009 at 1:00 PM #6
    Raymond

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    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.
     
  7. Dec 12, 2009 at 1:07 PM #7
    Levi

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    That's really cool, I never noticed the statistics option.
     
  8. Dec 12, 2009 at 1:17 PM #8
    Red02Accordv6_2

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    thanks ray, i tired your method but could never get it to look right. lol. Big fan of your photos btw :)
     
  9. Dec 12, 2009 at 2:24 PM #9
    x5carl3tMurd3rx

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    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.
     
  10. Dec 12, 2009 at 3:10 PM #10
    Nismode

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