Combining over/underexposure photos

[jopatco]

At one time, I had an article describing how to join two identical photos (one exposed for highlights, other for shadow) to produce one that was properly exposed for both. I've since lost the article, but now need to do this. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how to accomplish it? Thanks in advance.

 

[SPYDERIX]

Hi,

Judging by what you want I would simply take your photo, duplicate the layer, then do highlights to one while doing shadows on the other then on the top layer do a layer mask to blend the images together.

Is that sort of what you are looking for?

Hope this helps!

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[singersower]

I have Photoshop CS, so I hope this is the version you're using. There is a great tool for exactly this: open both of the pictures you're using: the too dark one and the one that is the right exposure. Keep the one selected that you intend to fix. Do IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>MATCH COLOR The dialog box will open and you can select the image you want to match it to at the bottom. Then you can fine tune it with the sliders. Don't forget to check and uncheck the preview box to make sure you like the finished product. If it still needs a little adjustment-go ahead and use the IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>SHADOW/HIGHLIGHTS to your heart's content-- AND VOILA!
HTH
singersower

 

[jopatco]

Thanks for the replies. I think I've figured it out.

I had two pix I had taken inside a covered bridge looking out at a snowy scene (one exposed for the snow; one for the inside) and wanted to show some details in both. I put a copy of the one exposed for the outside over the one exposed for the inside and adjusted the opacity slider in the layers palette. It seems to be what I wanted to do.

Thanks for the info.
jopatco