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Resize and reposition the
6 new layer to fit the scene
With the layer in place, press
Ctrl+T to enter Free Transform. In the
Options bar, ensure Maintain aspect ratio
is ticked so it doesn’t distort, and drag on
the corner handles to resize it, making it
look as natural as possible. When the size
is about right, click within the marquee
and drag to reposition the new image.
Think about where the horizon in your
window shot would be and try to position
the new image’s horizon to fit with that
point. If there are converging lines in your
interior shot, like the trunk in ours, you can
use these to work out where the horizon
should be. Simply follow the lines to the
point where they intersect, and position the
new image’s horizon there. When you’re
done, click the tick. As the view is a layer,
you can reposition it at any time.
Match the lighting Work on the colour
7 With the new image still active, go to Layer>New 8 Just like lighting, colour may need adjusting to better
Adjustment Layer and pick Curves. Click the box with join the two pictures. Click on Background copy, add
the downward arrow at the bottom to create a clipping mask. a Curves Adjustment Layer in the same way as before and then
Drag the curve up to lighten the layer or down to darken it. Then click where it says RGB, and choose Red. Push up to warm the
paint black into the mask to hide the adjustment if required. shot, and down to cool it. Do the opposite with the Blue channel.
EXPERT ADVICE
FOCUS THE
ATTENTION
There’s more you can do
to make the pictures work
together. Focus attention on the
scene outside the window by
adding a vignette to what’s
inside. Just as in step 8, add a
Curves Adjustment Layer, clippin
to the Background copy layer, and then
drag the curve down at the top to darken the pixels on that
layer. Next you can paint black into the attached mask to bring
back the original lightness in the centre. Something else that
can help is blurring the inserted view slightly. Click on Layer 1,
and go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur, and input a few pixels of
blur to make it more realistic.
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