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In this part we will be looking at stacking daytime photos on
top of each other. For this part it depends whether you want a fixed background or not. I choose to not use a regular background to give this tutorial some variation.

Step 1 - Load Images

Step 2 - You'll Get This

For this part we will be using 3 images of non-regular background.

Step class="centered" 3 - Make Some Adjustments

Like the previous part, slight adjustments are made to the colour saturation. I also edited the contrast by a little to make the purple flowers stand out from the sea of green leaves isn't it lovely?

Step 4 - Drag Images

You'll again, select a canvas and drag all other images into the canvas. Do not forget to nudge the images so that they fit perfectly on the canvas and there are no omissions (meaning that no part of the image is out of the canvas).

Step 5 -  Create Layer From Background

Again, you'll need to convert the locked background layer to a mobile layer. Just right click on the background layer and select Layer From Background… and you'll get what is shown above.

Step 6 - Change the Blending Options

For all layers, change their blending options to Screen. Again, the order of layers are not important.

Step 7 - Ooops! Overexposed Image

After changing the blending mode of all layers, you realise that the resultant image is… overexposed. Do not panic there is a fix behind it.

Step 8 -  Access Exposure Function

We'll need to change the exposure of all images so that the final image is properly exposed. To do so, we'll need to access the exposure function first. Go to Image > Adjustments > Exposure…

Step 9 - The Exposure Window

You'll get this exposure window. We are not going to touch the Offset and Gamma attributes, since if we do so things will get out of hand (yikes!). So just stick to the exposure.

Step 10 - Changing the Exposure

Here is where mathematics (oh no!) kicks in. Well, we have 3 images that we've stack on each other, so the correct change in exposure is to decrease it by 3/2, which is -1.5. When you're working with 2 images, to obtain the correct exposure decrease it by 2/2, which is -1. When you're working with 4 images, decrease exposure by 4/2, which is -2. So on and so forth. I can't really explain the reason behind dividing the number of images by 2 to obtain the correct exposure, but this is the way it works haha! Anyway, you'll gotta do this for all layers too!

Step 11 - You'll Get This

After all that troublesome steps, here is the final properly-exposed image! I've done some alteringof colour saturation, balance and contrast to obtain this final image:

And before we move on to the final part, here is the sample file for part 2 (8.67mb):