How To Add A Page In Photoshop Cs6

This tutorial shows you how to motility an image or a layer from 1 Photoshop document to another. You'll learn how to re-create and paste an image betwixt documents, how to indistinguishable a layer, and three ways to elevate and drib images betwixt documents.

When it comes to blending and compositing images, Adobe Photoshop is the undisputed champ. In fact, Photoshop gives us so many interesting and powerful ways to combine images that our creativity is limited just by our skills and imagination. Just before we tin can commencement combining images, we first need to know how to get multiple images into the aforementioned document. If y'all're new to Photoshop, blending fifty-fifty 2 photos together tin can seem like an impossible task. That'due south because Photoshop opens each image in its ain separate document. To alloy or composite the images, they demand to be in the same document.

In a previous tutorial, nosotros learned all about tabbed and floating document windows in Photoshop. We besides learned how to view and conform multiple open images on the screen using Photoshop's multi-document layouts. In this tutorial, we'll take what we've learned and explore five different ways to easily motion images betwixt documents.

What You'll Acquire

We'll commencement with your basic copy and paste method. Then, we'll learn how to indistinguishable a layer from ane document into some other. Finally, nosotros'll look at iii ways to drag and driblet an epitome betwixt documents. We'll learn how to drag and drop images between tabbed documents, betwixt documents in a multi-document layout, and between two floating certificate windows. Once you've seen how they all piece of work, you tin can pick the method you similar the best! I'll be using Photoshop CC but this tutorial is fully compatible with Photoshop CS6.

This is lesson 8 of x in our Learning the Photoshop Interface series.

Let's become started!

Opening The Images Into Photoshop

To follow along, you'll need two images. Here, I've used Adobe Bridge to navigate to the binder containing the photos I'll be using. To open up them into Photoshop, I'll click on the commencement image on the left to select it. So, to select the second paradigm as well, I'll press and hold my Shift cardinal and click on the 2d image. With both photos selected, I'll double-click on either paradigm to open them into Photoshop:

Selecting and opening two images into Photoshop from Adobe Bridge..

Past default, Photoshop opens the images as tabbed documents, with only ane document visible at a time. Here's my first image (portrait photo from Adobe Stock):

The outset of two photos open in Photoshop. Photo credit: Adobe Stock.

To switch between open up images, we click on the tabs along the top of the document windows. I'll switch to my second prototype past clicking its tab:

Clicking the certificate tab to view the 2nd open image.

And now we see my 2nd epitome. I'll use this epitome as a texture to alloy in with the original epitome. We'll learn how to chop-chop blend images together at the end of this tutorial (texture photo from Adobe Stock):

The second image. Photo credit: Adobe Stock.

How To Move An Epitome Between Documents

Method 1: Copy And Paste

The first method we'll acquire for moving images between documents is how to copy and paste an epitome from ane document into another. To copy and paste an prototype, beginning select the document that holds the image you desire to motion. With the document active, select the paradigm within the document by going up to the Select carte in the Card Bar and choosing All. To copy the prototype, get up to the Edit carte du jour and choose Copy. Switch to the certificate where you want to paste the paradigm. And so, go up to the Edit menu and choose Paste. The pasted image will appear on its ain separate layer above the original paradigm in the Layers panel.

Step 1: Select The Showtime Document

Let'southward get through the steps for copying and pasting an epitome between documents using my images every bit an instance. I want to move my texture image into the same document as my portrait image. So the first thing I'll do is select my "texture.jpg" document by clicking on its tab:

Selecting the document that holds the image to be copied.

Pace 2: Select The Image

To select the prototype itself, I'll go up to the Select bill of fare in the Menu Bar along the top of the screen. Then, I'll cull All. This places a choice outline around my image, letting me know that the prototype is selected:

Going to Select > All.

Step three: Re-create The Image

With the paradigm selected, I'll copy it to the clipboard by going up to the Edit card in the Menu Bar and choosing Copy:

Going to Edit > Copy

Pace 4: Switch To The Second Document

Next, I'll switch over to my "portrait.jpg" certificate past clicking on its tab:

Selecting the document where I desire to paste the epitome.

Before I paste the paradigm into the document, let's get-go look in my Layers panel. The Layers panel is where nosotros tin can see all the layers in our certificate. Nosotros'll learn all nearly layers in other tutorials. For now, notice that the paradigm is sitting on the Groundwork layer. The Background layer is currently the only layer in the certificate:

The Layers panel showing the document'southward original prototype.

Step five: Paste The Prototype

To paste my texture image, I'll get up to the Edit menu in the Menu Bar. Then, I'll choose Paste:

Going to Edit > Paste.

Photoshop pastes the texture paradigm into the document. It looks like my texture photo is now the but photograph in the document. That'due south because the texture photo is sitting in front of the portrait photo. Since both photos are the same size, the texture image is blocking the portrait image from view:

The "texture.jpg" epitome has been pasted into the "portrait.jpg" image's document.

To confirm that the document does in fact hold both images, let's look again in the Layers panel. This time, nosotros run across that we now accept not ane but ii layers. The original portrait prototype is still sitting on the Groundwork layer. And, Photoshop placed the texture paradigm on a brand new layer, named "Layer 1", above it. Sure enough, both images are now in the same certificate:

The Layers console now showing both images in the same Photoshop certificate.

Resetting The Documents

So that'southward the start style of moving images betwixt documents. If you want to follow along with the adjacent methods, y'all'll first need to reset your ii documents back to their original states. Get-go, we'll reset the document where you lot pasted the epitome. Make sure the document is all the same active. So, go upward to the Edit bill of fare in the Menu Bar and cull Undo Paste. This removes the pasted epitome from the document, leaving you with just the original epitome:

Going to Edit > Undo Paste.

So, switch over to the document that holds the prototype you copied. To remove the selection outline from around the image, go up to the Select menu and cull Deselect. And with that, yous're ready to move on to the next method:

Going to Select > Deselect.

Method two: Duplicating The Layer

Adjacent, nosotros'll learn how to move an image from one Photoshop document to another by duplicating the layer. First, brand sure the document that holds the image to want to move is selected. Go up to the Layer card in the Menu Bar and cull Indistinguishable Layer. In the Duplicate Layer dialog box, give the layer a name (optional). In the Destination section of the dialog box, cull the other certificate as the destination. And then, click OK. The image volition appear on a new layer in the other document.

Step 1: Select The Document That Holds The Epitome To Be Moved

Let's become through the steps in more item. First, since I want to move my texture image into the portrait photo's document, I'll select my "texture.jpg" document by clicking its tab:

Selecting the document that holds the prototype to be moved.

If we look in the Layers console, we see my texture image sitting on the Groundwork layer. This is the layer we're going to duplicate:

The Layers console showing the texture photo.

Step 2: Select "Indistinguishable Layer" From The Layer Menu

To duplicate the layer, I'll go up to the Layer menu in the Card Bar. Then, I'll cull Duplicate Layer:

Going to Layer > Duplicate Layer.

Step 3: Set The Other Document As The Destination

This opens Photoshop's Duplicate Layer dialog box. At the acme of the dialog box, it shows the name of the layer you'll be duplicating. In my case, it's the Groundwork layer. Past default, Photoshop simply adds the word "copy" to the end of the layer's original name. This volition get the proper name of the layer ("Background re-create") when it'due south moved into the other document. But you can give the duplicate layer a more descriptive name. Since this layer holds my texture image, I'll change the layer'southward name to "Texture".

In the Destination section, choose the document yous want to motility the image into as the destination. I'll choose my "portrait.jpg" document. When you're ready, click OK. Photoshop duplicates the layer and sends it over to the other certificate:

Setting the other document as the destination for the layer.

Step iv: Switch To The Other Certificate

I'll switch over to my "portrait.jpg" document by clicking its tab:

Clicking the tab to switch documents.

And if we await in the Layers panel, nosotros run across my "Texture" layer, which holds my texture image, now sitting above the portrait photo on the Groundwork layer. Both images are now in the same certificate:

The texture layer has been duplicated into the portrait document.

Related: How to open multiple images equally layers in Photoshop

Resetting The Document

Again if yous're post-obit along with each method, you'll need to reset your documents before you keep. This time, the only document nosotros demand to reset is the one we moved the image into (in my example, the "portrait.jpg" document). To remove the duplicate layer from the document, get upward to the Edit carte du jour in the Menu Bar and choose Disengage Duplicate Layer:

Going to Edit > Undo Indistinguishable Layer.

Method 3: Drag And Driblet Between Tabbed Documents

The next few ways we'll wait at for moving images between documents all involve dragging and dropping the prototype. We'll offset by learning how to drag and drop an epitome between tabbed documents. Outset, select the document that holds the prototype you want to move. Select the Motility Tool from the Toolbar. Click on the image and elevate it up and onto the tab of the other document. Wait for Photoshop to switch documents. Then, elevate the paradigm from the tab down into the certificate window. Press and concur your Shift key and release your mouse button to drop and center the paradigm in the certificate.

Stride 1: Select The Document With The Image Y'all Want To Move

Once again, I'll beginning past selecting the certificate that contains my texture image. I'll practise that by clicking on the document tab:

Selecting the "texture.jpg" certificate.

Step two: Select The Move Tool

To elevate and drop the epitome, we'll need Photoshop's Move Tool. I'll select the Motility Tool from the Toolbar along the left of the screen:

Selecting the Move Tool.

Step 3: Drag The Image Onto The Other Document's Tab

With the Movement Tool in hand, I'll click on my texture image. And so, I'll drag information technology up and onto the tab for my "portrait.jpg" document:

Clicking and dragging the texture image onto the portrait document'southward tab.

Step iv: Drag From The Tab Into The Certificate

Keep your mouse button held down and your mouse cursor directly over the tab until you see Photoshop switch documents. In my example, I'll wait for information technology to switch from my texture image to my portrait prototype. And then, I'll drag the texture image from the tab down into the portrait document's window:

Once Photoshop switches documents, drag the image into the document.

Pace 5: Release Your Mouse Push

To drop the image into the document, I'll press and hold my Shift central. And so, I'll release my mouse button. The Shift key tells Photoshop to centre the image within the document. If you don't need to center the paradigm, release your mouse push button without belongings Shift. If you lot wait in your Layers panel, you'll run across that both images are at present in the same document:

Hold Shift and release your mouse button to drop and center the image.

Resetting The Document

Let's reset the document so we can move on to the fourth method. To remove the image that yous dragged into the document, go up to the Edit carte and choose Undo Elevate Layer:

Going to Edit > Undo Elevate Layer.

Method 4: Drag And Drop Using A Multi-Document Layout

We've seen how to drag and drop between two tabbed documents. Now permit's learn how to drag and drop an image between documents using i of Photoshop'south multi-document layouts. Nosotros learned all about multi-document layouts in the previous tutorial.

Go upwards to the Window card in the Menu Bar, choose Arrange, then choose the 2-upward Vertical layout. This places your two documents side past side on the screen. Select the Motion Tool from the Toolbar. Click on the image you lot want to move and elevate information technology into the other document window. Printing and hold Shift and release your mouse push button to drop and center the epitome in the document. Become upwardly to the Window menu, choose Arrange, and then cull Consolidate All to Tabs to switch back to the default tabbed certificate view.

Step 1: Select The "2-up Vertical" Layout

I'll start by going up to the Window bill of fare in the Card Bar and choosing Suit. From in that location, I'll select the 2-upwardly Vertical layout:

Going to Window > Arrange > 2-up Vertical.

This places both of my documents next each other, allowing me to see both images at once:

Both images are now visible on the screen.

Step 2: Select The Motion Tool

Next, I'll select the Motion Tool from the Toolbar:

Selecting the Motion Tool.

Step iii: Click And Drag The Image Into The Other Document

With the Move Tool selected, I'll click on my texture image and, with my mouse button held down, I'll elevate it into the portrait photo's document window:

Dragging the texture photo into the other document beside it.

Stride 4: Release Your Mouse Button

To drop and eye the texture prototype, I'll press and concord Shift, then I'll release my mouse button. Photoshop copies the texture image from its original document into the portrait document:

Dragging the texture photo into the other document beside it.

Step 5: Cull "Consolidate All to Tabs"

To switch your view from the "two-up Vertical" layout back to the default, tabbed document view, go up to the Window menu, cull Arrange, and so choose Consolidate All to Tabs:

Going to Window > Arrange > Consolidate All to Tabs.

And now we're back to the default view, with both images in the same document:

Back to the default tabbed document view.

Resetting The Certificate

Once once more, to reset the document back to its original state so we can expect at the concluding mode of moving images between documents, become up to the Edit menu and choose Undo Elevate Layer:

Going to Edit > Disengage Elevate Layer.

Method five: Drag And Drib Betwixt Floating Windows

Finally, allow's learn how to movement an image from one document to some other in Photoshop past dragging information technology between 2 floating windows. Go up to the Window card, cull Arrange, and so choose Float All in Windows. Both images will be visible inside their own floating document. Select the Move Tool. Click within the window of the paradigm you want to move and drag it into the other window. Press and hold Shift and release your mouse button to drop and center the image inside the certificate. To revert back to the tabbed document view, get up to the Window menu, choose Conform, and then choose Consolidate All to Tabs.

Step one: Float All in Windows

To switch my view from tabbed documents to floating windows, I'll go upwardly to the Window menu and cull Arrange. Then, I'll choose Bladder All in Windows:

Going to Window > Arrange > Float All in Windows.

This places each epitome inside a floating certificate window. Click on the gray tab area forth the top of the windows to drag and reposition them on the screen then that information technology's easy to drag an image from i window to the other:

Each photo appears in its ain floating window.

Stride 2: Select The Move Tool

Next, I'll select the Move Tool from the Toolbar:

Selecting the Move Tool.

Step three: Drag The Image Into The Other Floating Window

With the Movement Tool selected, I'll click on my texture epitome and drag it into the window that holds my portrait image:

Dragging the image from one window into the other.

Pace four: Release Your Mouse Push

To drop and eye the paradigm inside the portrait document, I'll press and concord my Shift key, then I'll release my mouse push:

The texture photo now appears in both windows.

Footstep five: Switch Back To The Tabbed Documents View

With both images now in the same document, I'll switch from floating windows dorsum to tabbed documents by going up to the Window menu, choosing Arrange, and then choosing Consolidate All to Tabs:

Going to Window > Conform > Consolidate All to Tabs.

Both images are now in the same tabbed document:

Dorsum to the tabbed certificate view once again.

Blending The Images Together

Now that nosotros know how to move images into the same Photoshop document, how practice nosotros blend them together? At the moment, my texture image is completely blocking my portrait photo from view. To blend the two images, nosotros can use one of Photoshop'south layer blend modes. I'll go through this rapidly here, but you can learn more virtually blending images in our How To Blend Textures With Photos tutorial.

If we wait in my Layers panel, nosotros see my texture image (on "Layer 1") sitting above my portrait image (on the Groundwork layer). The reason the texture is blocking the portrait from view is considering the texture layer's blend way is currently ready to Normal. The Alloy Mode option is found in the upper left of the Layers panel:

The alloy style for the texture layer is set to Normal.

The Normal blend mode is Photoshop's default blend mode. "Normal" ways that the layer is not blending at all with the layer below it. To blend my texture in with the portrait prototype, all I need to exercise is alter the blend fashion to something different. I'll click on the word "Normal" to open a list of other blend modes. Yous can try out the different blend modes with your images to come across which one works best. I'll become with Soft Low-cal:

Changing the blend mode of the texture layer to Soft Calorie-free.

And here we come across that just by changing the blend manner from Normal to Soft Low-cal, my texture at present blends in nicely with the portrait, creating an interesting effect. You can learn even more nigh alloy modes, including tips for hands switching betwixt them, in our Flip, Mirror and Rotate Designs and Patterns tutorial:

The outcome after changing the blend mode of the texture layer to Soft Light.

Where to get next...

And at that place nosotros have it! That'south five easy ways to move an image between documents in Photoshop, along with a quick await at how to blend your images together using alloy modes! In the adjacent lesson, we'll learn how to apply workspaces in Photoshop!

You can jump to any of the other lessons in this Learning the Photoshop Interface chapter. Or visit our Photoshop Basics department for more topics!

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