428 Auto-blending multiple depths of field

- Hey, gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…This week I'm gonna show you how to take multiple…photographs captured with different depths of field.…So for example, in this photo the coins from…the ancient Roman city of Bath in England are in focus…and in this one right here the placard in the background…is in focus instead and we're gonna auto-blend them…inside Photoshop in order to create this…more flatly focused image right here.…Here, lemme show you exactly how it works.…

All right, here's that final blended depth of field effect.…Now in order to pull this off you need at least…two photographs with different focus points.…So in my case I have this one in which I'm focusing…on this little placard which is about six inches…back inside of this display.…And then I have another photo in which I'm focusing…on the coins which are just a couple of inches back.…Now as I say you need at least two photographs.…If you have more, if anything, you'll get better results.…All right, now we need to add these two photos as layers…