ABSTRACT
F or a lot of people the real fun starts when you can use Photoshop to swap parts of one photograph with another and make composite photographs using different image elements. This chapter explains the different tools that can be used in montage work. I will suggest some strategies for shooting pictures with a view to making a composite image which will also serve as a neat introduction to the use of layers in Photoshop. Later we will be looking at some of the other tools and methods that can be used to isolate picture elements from photographic images. But to begin with, let us focus on some of the basic principles of how to make a selection and the interrelationship between selections, alpha channels, masks, Quick Mask mode and paths.
