how to combine two pictures as one?

Question

i need help with combining two pictures into one nice picture. can anyone help me? i tried doing it on paint but the photos were too big and it'd be nice to have it said step-by-step if possible. please and thanks :)

Answer 1

Combining two or more photos into a single photo is actually very simple. Imagine having actual prints of your photos and say they are 8 inches width x 10 inches height in size. Then imagine laying out a piece of paper large enough to hold each print. If you wanted to place the photos side by side, you would need a sheet of paper that would be twice as wide as your prints, so you would need a sheet 16 inches wide by 10 inches high. If you wanted to place the photos on top of each other, you would need a sheet of paper twice as high as your photos, so that would be a piece of paper 20 inches high and 8 inches wide.



You will do the same thing in the computer. In Photoshop or GIMP http://www.gimp.org you will go to FILE - NEW and enter the dimensions of you new "canvas size". You can either do this in inches or pixels or any other unit of measure. There is a drop down list beside the size boxes where you can select units of measure. Again, you will create a new canvas that is large enough to contain your photos you want to place into it. You will need to know the exact size of your photos. You can go to IMAGE - SIZE and see the dimensions of your photos and then from those numbers you will know how large to make your new canvas.



Be SURE, however, when you are creating your new canvas, that you set the resolution (DPI) to the same number as your original photos, otherwise there will be a huge size difference between your new canvas and the photos you drop into it.



You can also make the new canvas larger than your photos if you want to add borders or a different color background or text or design embellishment. Only your skill and imagination are the limiting factors as to what you can do.



steve

Answer 2

Is paint the only photo editing program you have?

And how do you want to combine them? Like overlapping so you can see through them or combining them to look like eachother?



Do you have a reference photo? I think you need an example of what youre trying to achieve in order to receive edequate help.

Answer 3

Use MS Paint to open both files. Start with the picture you want to be the left side, and use the sizing handles (bottom right corner) to extend the white empty canvas far to the right and bottom, large enough to accommodate the other picture. Go into the other picture and select what you want from it, either with the select box or Control+A. Copy it with Control+C. Go back into the first picture, and press Control+V to paste the second into the first. Move it into place, and grab the sizing handles to pull up the bottom right corner and remove the white space. Save.

Answer 4

As sunshine said, we need more details. Also I don't think it's doable in paint. Update the question and I will answer or alternatively e-mail me.