(Editing) CREATING A DOUBLE EXPOSURE PHOTO

Creating Double Exposure Photos

In the past with real film cameras you could create a double exposure photo by taking one photo, and then NOT advancing the film and then take another exposure. Then the final picture would look like 2 photos overlaid on top of each other. And depending on your techniques, you could get some pretty cool effects. The simple form of this might be to take a photo of someone looking down towards a black book. Then take another shot of someone looking up with a dark background. A true double-exposure would have the final image looking like a face lookup up from a book to the main subject person.

With the age of digital cameras, you can do double exposures with more control and better results. The following describes the basic steps required to create a double exposure photo.

Here's the basic concepts of what you would do:

Select a photo

Draw around the portion of the image you want to overlay on top of another image

Copy that portion to the clipboard

Load the second photo

Paste from the clipboard, the region you had copied

Position the region exactly where you want it

Adjust the overlay strength from 0% to 100%. 50% would give equal balance between pasted region and the underlying photo

Use the edge blending slider to control how sharp the edge of the pasted region should appear

You are done and now you can save your double exposure photo.

You can do the double-exposure effect in two different functions in Photo Jockey. You can do it from the Color Adjusting window. OR you can do it from the Text Box / Image Overlay window.

Here's how you achieve the above concepts with non rectangular shapes using Photo Jockey:

Load photo: From the main Photo Jockey window, click on an image to load and view it.

Click on the SUN button: This is located on the "Quick Tools" panel. This is for color adjusting.

Select the "Draw Region For Cloning, Pasting": There is a pulldown list located to the left of the "Full Sized Preview" checkbox.

Draw around the portion of the image you want to use in the double exposure: Draw an area with the mouse. Or you can press ALT-A to select the entire region when the Color Adjusting window is active.

Copy region to clipboard: Click the scissors button on the Copy / Paste Region Settings panel.

Exit the color adjusting window: Discard/Ignore any changes to the image

Load another photo:

Click on the SUN button: This is located on the "Quick Tools" panel. This is for color adjusting.

Select the "Draw Region For Cloning, Pasting": There is a pulldown list located to the left of the "Full Sized Preview" checkbox.

Draw a tiny spot where you want to paste the first image:

Paste region from clipboard: Click the paste from clipboard button on the Copy / Paste Region Settings panel.

Drag the region around: Drag pasted image around until it's exactly where you want it.

Adjust the "Region Copy Size" slider: Adjust until the pasted region is the correct size

Adjust the "Overlay Strength" sliders: Adjust main slider to 100% and then adjust overlay slider to 100% as well.

Adjust the "Edge Blending Amount" slider: Adjust until the edges of the pasted region are smoothed to your satisfaction

Click the "Accept" button: Then choose "Apply Region To Image"

Now Save your double exposure image: Click the "File" main menu. Then choose "Save File As..."

If you want further help on Color Adjusting, click here.

Here's how you achieve the above concepts with rectangular shapes using Photo Jockey: WITH OVERLAY color adjustments:

Load photo:

Click on the SUN button: This is located on the "Quick Tools" panel. This is for color adjusting.

Select the "Draw Region For Cloning, Pasting": There is a pulldown list located to the left of the "Full Sized Preview" checkbox.

Draw a tiny spot where you want to paste the double exposure image:

Click Load Image Overlay button: Click the load button and choose an image to use as the overlaid double exposure image.

Drag the region around: Drag pasted image around until it's exactly where you want it.

Adjust the "Region Copy Size" slider: Adjust until the pasted region is the correct size

Adjust the "Overlay Strength" sliders: Adjust main slider to 100% and then adjust overlay slider to 100% as well.

Adjust the "Edge Blending Amount" slider: Adjust until the edges of the pasted region are smoothed to your satisfaction

Adjust some sliders for brightness or contrast ect... If you need, you can adjust the overlay to your satisfaction

Click the "Accept" button: Then choose "Apply Region To Image"

Now Save your double exposure image: Click the "File" main menu. Then choose "Save File As..."

If you want further help on Color Adjusting, click here.

Here's how you achieve the above concepts with rectangular shapes using Photo Jockey with NO OVERLAY color adjustments:

Load photo: From the main Photo Jockey window, click on an image to load and view it.

Click on the T/I Button: This is located on the "Quick Tools" panel. This is for text or image overlays. You can also choose "Image Overlays" from the "Edit" main menu.

Click "Image Overlay & Double Exposure": This allows you to overlay images instead of text boxes.

Click "Browse Image Overlay": This allows you to choose a photo to overlay onto the current photo.

Drag Resizing Handles: The image overlay is shown with cropping handles. Just drag them around to get the image overlay to have the appropriate size and position.

Adjust the "Strength" sliders: Adjust main slider to 100% and then adjust overlay slider to 100% as well.

Use Feathering Options: This allows you to feather the edges if you need it. Typically you would NOT feather the edges for true double-exposures.

Click "Accept" button: This exits the Overlay screen.

Now Save your double exposure image: Click the "File" main menu. Then choose "Save File As..."

If you want further help on Image Overlays, click here.



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