Elements 5

Hi to all

Can anyone please please help as the more I read instructions in elements 5 the more I become confused.
I have seen pictures where three of the same images have been merged together giving great results by this I mean one under exposed to bring out sky one normal exposure and one over exposed then they are all put together in photoshop, I take it this can be done with elements 5.
Please can anyone give me step by step instructions on how to achieve this.
HDR think its called.
Sorry if I sound a bit thick but I can do most things in photoshop but cannot work out how to do this.
Many thanks for your time.

Check this out, for CS 3 but will give you the idea

Alistair

I presume its works the same as CS2. So try this, open all images into Elements that you want to merge together, then use the move tool (in CS2 it is situated at the top right corner of the tools palate) next whilst holding down the shift key move one image at a time onto another (using the shift key will align the images up 100%). One you have done this, you will notice that each image is on a different layer, so that you can adjust each image by erasing the bits that you don't want to use from that particular image allowing the bits from the image underneath to be seen. Finally when you have got the image that you wanted go to Layers and flatten the image. Disclaimer I'm no expert in Photoshop so maybe others will tell you to do it differently or easier

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Thanx Barry, Have printed that out and will have a go probably this weekend
The book which I have is so confusing plus some of the windows that it states should now be visible are not and as for the layer thing this just has me flumuxed

Yes Layers can be rather confusing to start with, it took me quite a while to work them out. But it is worth pursuing with because you can do so much with them, I now use them even for the most simple of operations.

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Hi Paul, I could be wrong ( I'm not very good with photoshop) however I don't think you would get a true HDR image by merging 3 images in elements. I believe that there are plug-ins for Adobe that enable HDR (but don't know if you can use them for Elements). You can download either Photomatrix or Dynamic photo HDR. Both can be used as stand alone programes and are free to try but leave a watermark or you are unable to save as HDR, I've played with both of these programes good fun!

forgot to mention there is some good info in some of the forum threads on HDR work

Thank you my mates

Hello Paul,I use elements 5,you can't do HDR with it,you need full ps.However most think the results are not as good as a dedicated program.Try free trail of Photomatix,check out thier site,there's more control than with PS I think,and you can create a pseudo HDR from one shot.Get back to me if you want more details mate.