Creating double exposures in Photoshop is a relatively simple task. Most will go straight to masking, and that is one great technique. However, there are other methods, like Blend If, that can give us a unique look for double exposures.

What is double exposure?

In Film Photography, one can create a double exposure by photographing a scene, rolling back the film, and photography another scene on top of it.
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One could create a double exposure in the darkroom using varying times for two different negatives on the same photographic paper.

In Photoshop, the sky is the limit for creating double exposures. You can use masking, opacity, blend modes, blend if, or some combination of all of them. In this video, I will show you how I use Blend If and my new Blend If Panel to create double exposure compositions in a matter of seconds!

► Chapters ◄
00:00 Double Exposure Examples
00:32 Basics of Blend If
03:06 Merging Two Exposures with the Blend If Panel
05:51 Simulated Film Exposure Blending
08:48 Combining a Texture with Background
11:32 Experiment in Photoshop

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Blake Rudis
f.64 Academy and f.64 Elite are the brainchildren of Blake Rudis. While he is a landscape photographer, he is most passionate about post-processing images in Photoshop and mentoring others.

For Blake, it's all about the art and process synergy. He dives deep into complex topics and makes them easy to understand through his outside-the-box thinking so that you can use these tricks in your workflow today!
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