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Stock Photo: The Road Ahead (Julia Starr)
Stock Photo: Cars and Coffee (Charles Williams)
Stock Photo: Honda S2000 4 (David Resseguie)
Stock Photo: Bare Tree (Jami Gilstrap)
Brush Library: Birds of a Feather (midnightstouch)
Font: League Gothic (The League of Moveable Type)
Typically, when initiating a tutorial, we prompt users to open Photoshop or Illustrator and dive straight into the project. Resources are often pre-selected for convenience. However, I aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the image selection process for this tutorial, enabling users to curate their own resources.This approach ensures that you understand what to consider when choosing images. Merging two complex images into a cohesive composition is challenging, particularly in terms of scale and perspective. While color and lighting are crucial, they are more easily adjusted digitally, making them secondary in the image selection phase.Combining images with different perspectives requires extensive Photoshop work to correct alignment issues. The most time-consuming aspect of this tutorial was sourcing the images. Options range from free resources like stock.xchng, morgueFile, and Flickr to paid stock photo platforms like Thinkstock or pixmac.
For the desired composition, I sought a dramatic backdrop and a sporty car as the subject. After extensive online searches, I sourced the background image from stock.xchng, and permission was obtained from the author.With the background image in place, the next step was to find a car image to integrate. To ensure compatibility, a new Photoshop document was created at 1200x800px, and the background was inserted. The first car considered, sourced through Flickr, was by Charles Williams. A layer mask was added to isolate the car, and adjustments were made to test the fit with the background.The initial car selection didn’t align perfectly with the background. The search continued, and another car was found that better matched the road angle. The car image was then opened in Photoshop, traced using the Pen Tool, and scaled to match the background’s perspective.When incorporating reflective objects like cars, attention to detail is crucial to avoid discrepancies. For instance, the tree reflection on the car’s hood had to be corrected by either cloning or adding a tree to the background image, enhancing the scene’s realism and character.Additional image adjustments, including blending the car with the background, adjusting shadows, and refining colors, were made to create a cohesive and visually appealing composition. The final step involved adding text, a logo, and birds to complete the scene.This Photoshop tutorial demonstrates the process of combining multiple images to create a harmonious digital composition. The emphasis on image selection, perspective matching, and attention to detail ensures a high-quality end result. 
superimpose_sports_car (ZIP, 5.66 MB)
