How to take a face from one group picture and put it in another

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How to take a face from one group picture and put it in another

I am a second grade teacher and recently took a number of group photos of my class. My problem is in all of the pictures one or more child is looking away or has closed eyes. I remember I saw somewhere that you can easily take a face out of one picture and place it in another to fix these group photos. Does anyone know how to do this? I have iphoto and aperture, can I do it in either of these programs or do I need to get something else?
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mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Feb 18, 2011 6:26 AM

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Yer_Man

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Feb 18, 2011 6:33 AM in response to sarabeth781

You need something else...

In order of price here are some suggestions:

Seashore (free)
_[The Gimp|http://www.gimp.org/macintosh>_ also free
Graphic Coverter ($45 approx)
Acorn ($50 approx)
[Pixelmator|http://www.pixelmator.com> ($60 approx.)
Photoshop Elements ($75 approx)

There are many, many other options. Search on MacUpdate.

You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.

I remember I saw somewhere that you can easily take a face out of one picture and place it in another

I would query the word "easily", especially if you also want to use 'Convincingly'...

Regards

TD

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