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The Auto-Align Layers command - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Mastery
The Auto-Align Layers command
In this chapter, we are going to be covering three commands; two of them are located under the Edit menu. The first, Auto-Align, layer takes multiple shots of the same scene and geometrically distorts those images so that the stationary elements align with each other. That way you can mask out any moving elements or you could mask together people in the same scene. I'll show you a couple of examples. It's an extraordinary command quite frankly. Auto-Blend layers is perhaps even more magical. What it does is once you get done aligning your layers then this command will automatically adjust the exposure of all the images. So that the brightness and contrast and colors match each other and then it goes in there and automatically masks the images together. It's an extraordinarily intelligent command, not a command you'll use very often, but a technological wonder. Then we have a command that's essentially a combination of the two. Under the File menu, you go to Automate and then you go…
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Artificial intelligence that works1m 22s
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The Auto-Align Layers command7m 25s
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The Auto-Blend Layers command3m 54s
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Masking auto-aligned layers4m 50s
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The Geometric Distortion setting6m 44s
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The Seamless Tones and Colors checkbox4m 8s
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Creating the best possible layer mask9m 18s
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Auto-blending depths of field5m 54s
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Finessing masks, accepting imperfections6m 29s
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Shooting and downsampling panorama images5m 54s
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Introducing the Photomerge command6m 40s
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Evaluating the Layout settings6m 47s
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Loading, aligning, and blending with Photomerge5m 36s
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Tracing and extracting seams7m 18s
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Adding a masked element into a panorama5m 55s
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Simplifying and correcting a panorama5m 58s
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Smart Filters and nondestructive cropping6m 43s
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