2. Assembling the composite photos (continued)

The individual raw image will now appear as a layer in the B & W plate file [A]. The image has automatically changed from a color image to a B & W image. The resolution of this image has also changed automatically from a 72 dpi image to a 350 dpi image when it was placed onto the blank background plate. The image is also dramatically reduced in dimension.

• c. To keep track of the different image layers, rename this new layer (under Layer: options) [B]. (In Photoshop 5.0, when the layer is dragged to the plate, it is automatically given the same name as it had in its source image file).
• d. Return to the individual image, close it and open another individual image. Repeat steps 2.a-d for each image you want in the plate.

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