Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

INCREASE DEPTH OF FIELD with the Auto Blend tool
The depth of field you can capture depends on the
type of camera, the aperture, and the focusing
distance. Larger apertures, or smaller f-stop numbers,
and closer focal distance produce images with a
shallower depth of field, or less of the image in focus.
Using smaller apertures, or larger f-stop numbers,
produces photos with greater depth of field or more of
the overall image in focus.
Sometimes you cannot use as small an aperture as
you would need to create a photo with a very large
depth of field because of the distance involved, or
because of the lighting conditions. You can combine
multiple shots and blend them together using the
capabilities in Photoshop to create a larger depth of
field.
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1 Click File.
2 Click Scripts.
3 Click Load Files into Stack.
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The Load Layers dialog box
appears.
4 Click Browse.
The Open dialog box appears.
5 Ô+click (Ctrl+click) multiple
photos to select them.
6 Click Open.
A The files appear in the Load
Layers dialog box.
7 Click Attempt to Automatically
Align Source Images ( changes
to ).
8 Click OK.
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