This tutorial will teach you how to combine two images making them seamlessly perfected. This tutorial also walks you through some of the basic uses of matching the two images as well. Here is the final result:


A web header graphic or other web graphic that combines two or more images can be
enhanced with the use of the Match Color command.

Arrange your Photoshop document so that the two images that you want to combine
are on separate layers, as shown below. In this solution, I’m using the lighthouse
photo from an earlier solution, and a photo of some clouds. I want to modify the
cloud image so that its colors match those of the lighthouse image.

First, let’s match the colors. Bring up the
Match Color dialog box by clicking on the
cloud layer in the Layers palette, and then
selecting Image > Adjustments > Match
Color. In the dialog box that appears,
select your currently open document
from the source drop-down, and select
the source layer (which is the lighthouse
layer, in this case) from the Layer drop-
down, as shown at right.

With the Preview checkbox ticked, adjust the other settings until the color tones for
both images match as closely as possible. Click OK to apply the changes.

Because the two images now have similar color tones, it’s easy to combine them.
In the image below, I’ve used a layer mask on the cloud layer to create a fade effect.