How to Blend Two Images in Photoshop Creatively | Photoshop Tutorial

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In this Photoshop tutorial, I'll show you my workflow to creatively blend two images in Photoshop and as a great image blending example: create that "water in pavement" effect that is a really cool way to blend two images creatively and make dramatic composites that are pretty popular on Instagram.
In this image blending tutorial, I'll teach you some basics of photo manipulation and compositing! For a 15-minute tutorial, it's pretty jam-packed of techniques and tricks used by seasoned professionals.
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[@lepadus7926]

It’s awesome watching an expert show off their work. I’m trying to get to this level of proficiency. Would love to see a video where you explain things a little slower for beginners. Thanks for posting!

[@terryjones6049]

It’s such a joy to watch an expert at work, thanks for passing on your skills.

[@rgarlinyc]

Magnificent end result! You continue to inspire and motivate me, Maestro Rodin!👏🏻👏🏻

[@spidey5324]

Thanks! So far this is the most detailed blending pictures I can find. ^^

[@slyfox274]

This is basicly the best tutorial. Thank you so much

[@catseyes11]

Thank you so much for freely passing on your excellent skills and experience! Your tutorials have helped fill many educational gaps for me that my college instructors just don't seem to have the time for these days, as they are constantly running from one class to another. Very soon, when I am not a broke college student, I will finally order some of your awesome PS packs! Cheers, Cat-

[@mikewall827]

Awesome tutorial, thank you for sharing your amazing skills!

[@susannevonderlind539]

Great job! Thank you very much!

[@YossiKo]

Thank you Rikard, awesome tutorial!

[@KingLama1]

Brilliant..so much to learn in PS.... many thanks. Some very useful pointers, lots, need to watch several times.

[@cadlabCNC]

Wow!! This is a super good walkthrough

[@jpillay72]

Excellent presentation. Learnt a lot.

[@Mr31formula]

After watch another tutorial I realize how much I DON'T know. Thank you!

[@Sir_Grumpalot]

Excellent as always Rikard. Straightforward and to the point. I always have to watch your videos several times to pick up the many tips and tricks which are in them.

[@nuclylearn]

Thanks Martin!

[@mindybluephotography]

Oh my goodness! I have so much to learn,!!

[@MonArch_Zodina]

Awesome!!

[@ccuny1]

Kind of lost and in awe at the same time. I have seen a lot of swimmer on road tuts but this is unique/ Another 5 years or so and I'll be able to understand it all.

[@cecylemus912]

fantantic tutorial thanks

[@bruegger]

Amazing work

[@EDDIEGARAGE]

Superbe tutorial first grade thanks very much Rikard

[@riccotalavera2199]

wow super cool.... i just found your channel Nucly.... thanks for all the great tips!!

[@josediazh3890]

Muchas gracias.

[@abvanpolanen5810]

Thnx for the tut

[@StarWarsRumors]

this is awesome, i can't wait to go thru it.

[@nuclylearn]

Coolio! Let me know if you have any questions once you've run through it

[@jjcm3135]

great job.

[@veselinvasilev9362]

Thanks!

[@johnglavey808]

Refreshingly good and concise, well done.

[@nuclylearn]

Thanks! I'm working on quite a few more that will be coming soon.

[@joergha]

thx a lot from Berlin (Germany). Its a pleasure for me lern from you.

[@nuclylearn]

Greetings from America!

[@nubscrub]

I own one of his full courses that teaches Photoshop and compositing for photographers from the beginning, very much worth it

[@luizfreire7304]

very nice work, direct and to the point. Keep it up!

[@nuclylearn]

Thanks! Appreciate it.

[@sandylampen2018]

Beautiful!

[@nuclylearn]

Thanks!!

[@juangiraud6013]

WOW! absolutely excellent! Seeing others attempt this - no match to your level.

[@nuclylearn]

Thanks!

[@CaryHawkins]

Solid work!

[@nuclylearn]

Thanks Cary! More coming soon...

[@robinadil4324]

Great Job! I must appreciate your detailed touch of each element. Nice presentation and well-explained. Thanks for sharing.

[@MargaretWolfPhotog]

Thank you for keeping me humble. You showed 3 new ways for me to do things in the first 30 seconds. 🤔 I love your delivery style. I look forward to more tutes.

[@MassiveEditz]

Nice bro

[@peterplantec7911]

This is an excellent tutorial. The match lighting/shadows is a bit problematic. But thank you…great techniques.

[@brenden8783]

Thanks for this, im a total noob at ps. Its not the easiest software ive ever tried to pick up.

[@appleifc]

Nice

[@AryanSingh-id3rr]

Nice tutorial

[@nuclylearn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@WillSanBusinessLoans]

I learned a few things here. Thanks. I disagree with some criticism by others, such as learning from this is challenging. I thought of a few other things many of these techniques could be used for. Also, it would begin getting hard to retain it all if you frequently explained why you did it one way VS. another . There is often > 1 way to do various steps. Just learn what you can and spend more time thinking on your own.

[@foepyae278]

good

[@abhishekkhade4789]

Thank you Rikard for such quality content ..could you please make a video on how to blend two images. For example I am working on a image(with considerable depth) where there is road in a forest lined by trees on one side which is also the direction of sunlight( not too bright) Also the road is brightened in patches due spacing of trees.. and i am trying to insert a couple's pic onto it(Taken in broad daylight and bright light) So no matter what adjustments i do it looks like cut and paste job .. Also the couple's image has no shadows but the forest image will need and shadow(Slanting rays from one side) so is there any effect where i can produce shadow of an image Also in your opinion, is blending an image onto a darker image is simpler than blending onto an lighter image

[@nuclylearn]

Can you send me the two images you are trying to blend? Send them to support @ nucly.com and mention that I asked you to send them.

[@bloodycivillian804]

i was stuck at the painting water mask. it paints road . double checked everything but still paints road when painting water with soft brush. :(

[@shanzaekhalid6526]

How can I access the assets now as your site is updated and link is broken

[@ewanstrongitharm1317]

Yooooo Rikard Im a fan (a big one) But not like a spinny fan like a fangirl #rikard4lyfe!

[@lfts2010]

amazing, how did you get to be so good with photoshop? Self taught? Or School? I would like to be this good, what do i do?

[@nuclylearn]

A whole lot of practice. But I am self-taught and learned in much the way that I teach-watching someone proficient do projects while he explained to me what he was doing.

[@xitcix8360]

You are like the Bob Ross of photoshop

[@nuclylearn]

That's the best compliment I've ever received. Thank you!

[@divyanshiratn1502]

Hey can you please also make a video of product rendering. It will be really helpful.

[@nuclylearn]

You're the second person who has asked for this... can you give me an example of what you mean by product rendering? My definition is doing a 3D model of a product and rendering it. But that is done with other software... not photoshop.

[@divyanshiratn1502]

@@nuclylearn yeah I sure get it that Photoshop isn't the right software for that. But I have tried it because they taught us in our college (which obviously isn't good enough). It basically would be how to use the brush tool perfectly(the strokes, blending options.etc.).

[@nuclylearn]

@@divyanshiratn1502 Thanks. Check out this tutorial for using the brush tool on a realistic image: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZm6eqB-acaKo7s. And check out this one on using the brush tool for a painted effect: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3TUmZmcjdCkfqs. Hopefully those help you right away. In the meantime, please send me a link to the type of image you want to create and I can work out what tutorials will fill the knowledge gaps. Thanks!

[@chaparisblackmon3105]

I am having an issue at the fog level...for some reason, its white and not transparent like your image.

[@creativeshorts1685]

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[@nuclylearn]

This should now be fixed. - R

[@howardpearson6281]

Its time for me to switch off the computer. what an expert WOW

[@danielmelesse5524]

Pls pls pls put a link your resources image OK!! With out zat it noting

[@alessandroorsini6091]

Nice work, straightforward but a little bit mess in the explanation. It should be useful if you'd explained why you make a choice instead of another. Thanks btw

[@nuclylearn]

I appreciate the feedback. Do you mind pointing out where I made a choice that wasn't explained? It will help me improve future tutorials (and I'll give you the answer here).

[@alessandroorsini6091]

@@nuclylearn I actually didn't get it why you duplicated the girl three times naming the layer "water screen". I'm getting the same result by using just the first two layers you created but I'm pretty sure you did it for a reason 😅

[@nuclylearn]

@@alessandroorsini6091 Ah okay! The first layer is the "woman" (with the water masked out). Then there is the "water screen" (the layer set to the "screen" blending mode) and then there is the "water overlay" (the layer set to the "overlay" blending mode). You could skip the overlay and get something similar... BUT having the "overlay" will help sell the effect. Hope that helps!

[@alessandroorsini6091]

@@nuclylearn yes it helped. Thank you for the willingness

[@deniseboyne8221]

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[@adefabrisio8576]

What 10 dislikes? How why... I will find all of you 10 individuals and I will - - - You 😭😭... Fantastic tutorial sir 🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️

[@TheGamer2Know]

How long does it take to become a PS guru like you

[@nuclylearn]

1 to 2 years. But even after doing this for 15+ years, I'm still learning new things. And things that I learned and perfected with years of practice have become obsolete, replaced with AI that it does both faster and better. But in 1 to 2 years, you can become proficient enough in Photoshop that the hardest part of every project will be the idea-rather than how to execute it. And keeping up with new tools will be relatively easy.

[@TheGamer2Know]

@@nuclylearn that is awesome I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I tried to follow you but couldn’t even do it, some of my options were different maybe because I’m using 2023. But I’m now making my Own thumbs nails

[@billchennault7955]

The workflow process is not hard to follow and the commentary is not hard to follow either. However, learning from it is challenging.

[@nuclylearn]

Thanks for feedback. What's the challenge? (always looking to improve)

[@billchennault7955]

@@nuclylearn ahhh.. .yes me too.... As always... there are a hundred different ways to do something in Photoshop. My challenge is blending of course. I have not looked at your site yet... is there contact info for offline coms?

[@nuclylearn]

@@billchennault7955 You can email me - rikard (at) zevendesign.com.

[@FabiProductions]

Hey, nice turorial! I do stuff with Photoshop too, you might check it out! 😂 A like or something would be very awesome😊

[@nuclylearn]

Nice work my friend! I gave you a subscribe.

[@ps.photos]

i give up...goes far too fast

[@ps.photos]

@Joey :-):-)

[@lamadlamad3676]

too fast.