How to Add Birds to Photos in Photoshop?

Step 1: Open any photo or image with birds flying. Click Here to download example photo.

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Step 2: Click on the Lasso Tool in the toolbar and draw a lasso selection of flying birds.

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Step 3: Choose Edit > Copy to copy the currently selected content to the clipboard.

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Step 4: Open any photo or image where birds to be added.

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Step 5: Choose Edit > Paste to paste a cut or copied selection of birds as a new layer.

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Step 6: Choose Select > Color Range to select a specific range of colors.
• Click on the image to sample a color that defines the selection of area around birds, so that birds are not included in selection and rest of the image is selected.

Click OK to apply the changes.

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Step 7: Choose Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal Selection to reveal the Selection via Layer Mask.

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Step 8: Choose Image > Adjustments > Invert to invert the colors of the image.

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Step 9: Select "Background" in the Layers Panel.

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Step 10: Choose Layer > New > Layer via Copy to create a layer from copied data.

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Step 11: Drag the Selected Layer to top over birds layer.

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Step 12: Select Hue from the drop-down menu for Blend Mode, so that birds color blends with background color.

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Step 13: Select masked layer from birds layer and remove extra birds by painting with black brush.

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Step 14: Select birds layer and Choose Edit > Free Transform to apply one or more transformations (move, rotate, scale, skew, distort, perspective). Drag the corner handles to scale and rotate the selection. Press Enter to finish.

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Step 15: Choose Layer > Merge Visible to merge all visible layers into one.

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Step 16: Hit OK and Save.