Merge these 2 photos to look like they belong together

[nerdgasm]

Hi guys, I like to take statue photography and I want to blend them into real environments but Im not quite sure how to achieve this. I want to add the speeder bike to the woods and add some motion. Any help would be great. I really appreciate this. I have basic photoshop knowledge.

 

[IamSam]

This is simple, just remove the trooper on the speeder from it's background. REMOVING BACKGROUNDS

Then open it in the "woods" document. There will be some blending.

COMPOSITING IMAGES

 

[nerdgasm]

wanna give it a try and let me see. I swear sometimes I'm dumb when it comes to the easiest things

 

[IamSam]

wanna give it a try and let me see. I swear sometimes I'm dumb when it comes to the easiest things

Sure, gimme awhile.

 

[nerdgasm]

thanks!

 

[IamSam]

Here is the ST on the Speeder removed from it BG.


This is the forest on Endor.


Here I have opened the ST into the forest document.
I converted the image to a Smart object and used Free Transform to size and position the ST.


Then I added a motion blur filter (smart filter since we have a smart object) and used it's mask to apply the blur to certain areas to give it a sense of movement.




I did this very fast, so it needs some tweaking. But you get the idea.

 

[nerdgasm]

thanks for the quick response

 

[IamSam]

No problem, just follow some of the tutorials I posted in post #2. These will help you in figuring out the techniques I used.

Good luck and I can't wait to see your results.

Feel free to ask any questions.

 

[nerdgasm]

No problem, just follow some of the tutorials I posted in post #2. These will help you in figuring out the techniques I used.

Good luck and I can't wait to see your results.

Feel free to ask any questions.

Here is something quick I still have a lot to learn on cleaning up the cut image. But overall first try im happy

 

[IamSam]

Excellent job! You have a very nice result.

I made one blurring the BG as well. I just thought the other way was more realistic.
I was just working very fast to get something out for you to see. I would have to play with the lighting.

 

[nerdgasm]

I did a blur on background and a very very slight blur on the trooper