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How to create amazing double exposures using Blend if

Feb 17, 2023 by Alex Baker Add Comment
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Double exposure photography is an interesting technique, and there are several ways of achieving this look. You can do it the old-school way of running film through your camera twice or rewinding one negative and taking two exposures. Or you can take advantage of the double exposure feature in most modern DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. This will allow you to either choose which image you want to use as a base layer or it will show you how the double exposure overlay will look as you take the image.

Finally, the third option is to take two separate images and overlay the two in Photoshop. This can give you a lot more options, however, and there are a lot of tools available to create different looks. In this video, Blake Rudis from f64 Academy walks you through using the command Blend If in Photoshop to create these awesome double exposures.

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This 3D printed doohicky lets you shoot split double exposures with the Instax Mini 90

Aug 10, 2020 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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Split double exposures can be a lot of fun. They essentially involve covering half of the frame and taking a shot and then covering the other half of the frame and taking another – both shots contributing to a single exposure. There are all kinds of ways you can do them, and Lomography even includes a “Splitzer” tool for this with their wide-angle Lomo’Instant camera.

But what about other cameras? Photographer Guillermo Hernandez has designed one of his own for the Instax Mini 90 that he made using his 3D printer which lets you accomplish the task quite easily.

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The ultimate double exposure photography guide

Sep 8, 2018 by Ben Kepka 2 Comments
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Introduction

Double exposure photography involves combining two or more images into a single frame. This allows you to work with your shots and add textures to create surreal scenes. Words don’t really do them justice so here are some of my examples:

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Double exposures work for video, too, and here’s how to make them

Jul 26, 2018 by John Aldred Add Comment
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Double exposures have been found in the world of stills photography since the first time a photographer said “crap, I forgot to advance the film, oh, wait a minute, that looks pretty cool”. Although the technique today is often done in post, the same basic principles hold true. But did you know you can do it with video, too? Let Caleb Pike show you how.

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How to create double exposure photos on Nikon in-camera. Sort of

Jan 9, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 11 Comments
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We’ve seen several different ways of creating double exposure photos in Photoshop. Photographer Leo Rosas shares an interesting tutorial on how to do it on a digital Nikon camera, in-camera. Well, sort of. You take the individual photos and blend them in-camera to create a RAW file. You can later fine tune it in Adobe Lightroom or Camera Raw. Take a look.

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How to create stunning double exposures in Photoshop in a few very easy steps

Mar 31, 2017 by Ted Chin 1 Comment
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Editor’s Note : Digital storyteller and friend of DIYP, Ted Chin has been guest posting on the official Photoshop Instagram account. This particular post is a fantastic double exposure tutorial, which Ted and Adobe have allowed us to share with you here on DIYP.  A simple technique with very effective results.

Hey guys! It’s Ted (@eye.c) here. Today I’m going to show you how to create a double exposure portrait in just few simple steps.

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How to make amazing double exposure effects in Photoshop

Feb 8, 2017 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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Double exposures have been around for years, but they seemed to disappear when digital came along. But Nikon DSLRs have had the capability for over a decade now, and Canon have recently started implementing it, too. It’s a fantastic technique to experiment with, although it takes a lot of practise, skill and a little luck to really get the results you’re after.

To help make things a little more reliable, though, you can also make them in Photoshop. This video from Chris at Spoon Graphics walks us through the whole process. The tutorial actually came out a couple of years ago, but seems to have recently become popular again. And it’s a great way of achieving the technique.

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Putting landscapes in jars with double exposures on film

Nov 17, 2016 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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These days, making a landscape appear as if it were inside a jar would typically be relegated to Photoshop. In the past, it was done by the use of double exposures. In a double exposure with analogue, you’re shooting twice without advancing the film. So, you’re basically adding one photograph on top of another (like Photoshop’s “Add” blending mode).

But there’s really no substitute for doing it in-camera. You can do this with modern DSLRs, but it’s a little more tricky than it was with film. In this video by Anders Lönnfeldt, photographer Christoffer Relander shows us how it’s done. Done well, it’s an amazing and fascinating technique. But, it is not one that’s easy to master.

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How To Create Digital Double Exposure Portraits

Feb 11, 2016 by Boris Untereiner 5 Comments
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This technique is inspired by what was possible way back using film, by exposing the same position of the roll for several times. Doing this, enabled re-exposing the dark parts of a film to a new light. (assuming they were dark and unexposed on the first exposure). Of course doing this well, required lots of film and lots of patience.

With Photoshop, this technique is not expensive anymore and has infinite possibilities. The idea is very similar: overlay a second image on the dark parts of a first one.

This is how it’s done:

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A Beginner’s Guide to Using Double Exposure in Photoshop

Jul 15, 2014 by Maaz Khan 10 Comments
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Last month, we shared some work by Alon Avissar, where he implemented double exposure photography by putting together different models with different seasons. The results were both colorful and incredibly eye-catching.

So how did it all get put together? Photographer Andrew Klokow sat down and made a quick, easy to follow tutorial for us, and it’ll show you exactly that. Though it doesn’t involve the seasonal aspect of the project, this video basically guides us along with a picture of a a woman and a bouquet of flowers. If you’re a wedding photographer, the tutorial might actually hold some extra interest for you.

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