Merging pics

leopards00 · 06-21-2012, 07:36 PM

Can somebody explain if MS paint can do this or if there is an online hosting site like flickr that allows this? I dont have photoshop and was wondering if there was an easy way to do this. Thanks!

**Pepper II** · 06-22-2012, 01:49 AM

I like Irfanview for merging and if you have Windows try Microsoft Picture Manager for rotating and cropping before joining.

**deepsepia** · 07-31-2012, 07:57 PM

You just want to take a bunch of photos and make a collage/montage out of them?

There are tons of apps that'll do this?

There's a remarkably good rree online photoshop clone here:

http://pixlr.com/editor/

Midnight Air · 07-31-2012, 09:54 PM

Please also try Photoscape, you can download it from download dot com for free. Very powerful but very easy to use, does everything you want.

Minimoo · 07-31-2012, 11:37 PM

Or if you want to go Pro Level (like Photoshop, needs some learning) and free, try GIMP (.org)

**Darth Joules** · 08-02-2012, 07:42 PM

There are only two was to merge two halves of an image together (I assume that's what the OP is asking). The easy way or the hard way!

Doing it the easy way where you just rotate and line up the two halves of an image then any good free programs like IrfanVeiw is recommended, Photoscope just appears to be a clone with less functionality. GIMP is also good.

However the easy way usually produces crap results, even when using Photoshop's auto join tool, because too many people just slap the two halves together and call it a "join", "stitch", or "merge" without bothering to edit out the join. To join two halves together properly and make it look both good and seemless you need the time, the tools, and a bit of skill. That is the hard way.

You can edit out the join using free programs, but for the hard way you ideally need something that supports layers because having a layers tool is a massive boon if you want to do a good job of joining. Photoshop Elements does the job. Whilst not as good as the expensive full blown Photoshop, it has enough tools to get you by and most importantly it supports layers!

Example of the hard way done in Photoshop:

1) Images to be joined together. My own scans, I always scan a centre section to aid with lining up and later repairing.

2) All three images lined up together. This would be the end of the easy way.

3) Time spent repairing the image to create a joined/merged image. Note: this is only showing the layers of the repair work done.

4) With all the layers switched on we now have what looks like one whole image without the spine gap or join lines. Image is later flattened and edited further for colour correction, etc; and yes the original mag pages really did have that bad of a red cast.

**Jism Jim** · 08-11-2012, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by leopards00

Can somebody explain if MS paint can do this or if there is an online hosting site like flickr that allows this? I dont have photoshop and was wondering if there was an easy way to do this. Thanks!

The right software uses two reference points that appear on both pics to line them up and blends the seam.

Ms Paint, Irfanview and Photoscape can not do this. Of course they can put 2 pics next to each other and save that as one image, but that's not the same thing as merging two halves of one pic together so that it looks like one picture.

This site has a list of stitching software. Most stitching software is aimed at panorama photos, so I'm not sure they offer the desired effect.As far as free general photo software is concerned, possibly the Gimp and the free version of Serif Photo Plus can do it.

06-21-2012, 07:36 PM	#1
leopards00 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 428 Thanks: 3,138 Thanked 4,951 Times in 442 Posts	Merging pics Can somebody explain if MS paint can do this or if there is an online hosting site like flickr that allows this? I dont have photoshop and was wondering if there was an easy way to do this. Thanks!

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Pepper II Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,128 Thanks: 19,818 Thanked 12,574 Times in 1,351 Posts	I like Irfanview for merging and if you have Windows try Microsoft Picture Manager for rotating and cropping before joining. __________________ Arnold says: "Don't be a girly-man; scan your magazines or you'll be terminated!"

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Midnight Air Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Circling Uranus at present, moving on to Jupiter soon Posts: 263 Thanks: 4,513 Thanked 3,293 Times in 244 Posts	Photoscape Please also try Photoscape, you can download it from download dot com for free. Very powerful but very easy to use, does everything you want. __________________ *Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."*

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Minimoo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 126 Thanks: 758 Thanked 934 Times in 147 Posts	Or if you want to go Pro Level (like Photoshop, needs some learning) and free, try GIMP (.org) __________________ Every piece of porn ever made is still in circulation - someone has it - always.

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deepsepia Vintage Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Upper left corner Posts: 1,230 Thanks: 4,278 Thanked 9,766 Times in 1,237 Posts	You just want to take a bunch of photos and make a collage/montage out of them? There are tons of apps that'll do this? There's a remarkably good rree online photoshop clone here: http://pixlr.com/editor/

08-02-2012, 07:42 PM	#6
Darth Joules Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,950 Thanks: 4,852 Thanked 30,024 Times in 1,852 Posts	There are only two was to merge two halves of an image together (I assume that's what the OP is asking). The easy way or the hard way! Doing it the easy way where you just rotate and line up the two halves of an image then any good free programs like IrfanVeiw is recommended, Photoscope just appears to be a clone with less functionality. GIMP is also good. However the easy way usually produces crap results, even when using Photoshop's auto join tool, because too many people just slap the two halves together and call it a "join", "stitch", or "merge" without bothering to edit out the join. To join two halves together properly and make it look both good and seemless you need the time, the tools, and *a bit of skill. That is the hard way. You can edit out the join using free programs, but for the hard way you ideally need something that supports layers because having a layers tool is a massive boon if you want to do a good job of joining. Photoshop Elements does the job. Whilst not as good as the expensive full blown Photoshop, it has enough tools to get you by and most importantly it supports layers! Example of the hard way done in Photoshop: 1) Images to be joined together. My own scans, I always scan a centre section to aid with lining up and later repairing.* 2) All three images lined up together. This would be the end of the easy way. 3) Time spent repairing the image to create a joined/merged image. Note: this is only showing the layers of the repair work done. 4) With all the layers switched on we now have what looks like one whole image without the spine gap or join lines. Image is later flattened and edited further for colour correction, etc; and yes the original mag pages really did have that bad of a red cast.