How to combine two photos into one
The whole process takes under a minute, and most of that minute is you choosing which photos to use. Here’s the version with no marketing in it — what happens, what to type, and what to do when the first attempt misses.
Nobody should need a masking tutorial to make one photo out of two
The old way was an hour of pen tool, feathering and shadow painting. This is the same job, described in a sentence.
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Drop in your images
Two to four files, JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 12 MB each. The first one you add sets the lighting and camera angle for the result, so lead with the shot you like most.
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Say what you want
One sentence in plain English — who goes where, which light wins, what must not change. Or skip the typing and pick a preset that already contains the right instruction.
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Download the result
About ten seconds later you get a single image at full resolution. Not quite there? Tweak the sentence and run it again — the second attempt is usually the one.
A good instruction has four parts
Miss one and the model fills the gap with an average of everything it has seen. That average is rarely what you had in mind.
“Place the woman from image one beside the man from image two, standing close, both looking at the camera. Keep both faces exactly as they are. Match the soft evening light from image two and put a matching shadow under each of them.”
Three mistakes cause most bad results
None of them are the model's fault, which is good news — they're all fixable in about fifteen seconds.
The instruction was too polite
“Combine these nicely” is a hope, not an instruction. Name which image contributes what: the man from image one, standing to the left of the woman from image two, both facing camera.
The sources fight each other
A photo shot at noon outdoors and one shot under a kitchen bulb are two different worlds of colour. Say which one wins — “match everything to the warm indoor light of image two” — and the result settles down.
Too much asked at once
A background swap, an outfit change and a new expression in a single pass produces a muddle. Do one, download it, feed it back in for the next. Two clean passes beat one ambitious one.
Try it on your own photos
Reading about it only gets you so far. Ten free merges, no card, and you'll know in five minutes whether it fits how you work.