Composite images

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Composite images

Hi, I'm pretty new to Macs and am loving using IPhoto but I was wondering if there was any way to create composite images i.e. taking bits of two photos and making them into one image (I think that's called a composite image?!).

If not, which program would you recommend which has such a feature? I was looking at Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 but don't know much about what's available.

Many thanks!

MacBook 2.0GHz, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Mar 29, 2007 5:47 AM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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Mar 29, 2007 7:02 AM in response to Gavin Kermack

GavK

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.

No, iPhoto won't do something like this, you'll need an external editor (which you can configure to use with iPhoto.

Graphic Coverter
Photoshop Elements
Seashore

Are among the many options. Seashore is Open Source - i.e free, Graphic Converter has a try before you buy option and PSE is, well, a very powerful application.

Regards

TD

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Answer 2

Mar 29, 2007 9:33 AM in response to Yer_Man

Great, thanks for your help!

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Answer 3

Old Toad

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Mar 29, 2007 3:31 PM in response to Gavin Kermack

GavK:

Did your Mac come with OmniGraffle installed on it? If so give it a try. It's great for creating composites but has no image editing capabilities. It was included on some Macs. Otherwise if you have to purchase new software I heartily recommend Photoshop Elements 4. You can do some amazing advanced editing with it.

Do you Twango?

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Answer 4

Mar 29, 2007 4:09 PM in response to Old Toad

No, it didn't... Have just had a look for it. I seem to have some documents relating to OmniGroup but not OmniGraffle.

Thanks anyway, I think I might have to fork out for Elements instead.

Thanks for the tip!

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