Gimp software how to superimpose a face over another

FOX_HOUND

Hello, can anyone who is experienced in using GIMP software give me a simple rundown on how to superimpose a face from one photo onto another.

Many thanks.

EchoLocation

Not really what I intended my first post to be, but I might as well make myself useful before I start asking questions of others. Being new here, and for the sake of civility and faith in good intentions, I will of course assume that there is nothing sinister about your query!

So, it really depends on how 'neat' you want the composite to be, and of course dependant on the quality of the original photos. Without being too technical, you might want to start with the Free Select or Paths tool and Feathering of the edges on your donor face. Once selected you can resize/stretch etc and also use the IWarp function to move/grow/shrink the selection. You can adjust the Colour balance and Curves to match the images. Edges can be tidied up with the Smudge / Blur and Eraser tools.

Hope that's of some help, if you want/are allowed to post a crop of the two images I'll see how easy it may be.

FOX_HOUND

EchoLocation wrote: »

Not really what I intended my first post to be, but I might as well make myself useful before I start asking questions of others. Being new here, and for the sake of civility and faith in good intentions, I will of course assume that there is nothing sinister about your query!

So, it really depends on how 'neat' you want the composite to be, and of course dependant on the quality of the original photos. Without being too technical, you might want to start with the Free Select or Paths tool and Feathering of the edges on your donor face. Once selected you can resize/stretch etc and also use the IWarp function to move/grow/shrink the selection. You can adjust the Colour balance and Curves to match the images. Edges can be tidied up with the Smudge / Blur and Eraser tools.

Hope that's of some help, if you want/are allowed to post a crop of the two images I'll see how easy it may be.

Many thanks. I have tried it. I'll show an image but I think I can do better.

FOX_HOUND

The 2 images come from photobucket

EchoLocation

I hadn't really thought what it was you might be doing, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't expecting that. That's not so much super-imposing as cutting and pasting one image on top of another!

You've masked the head ok, but you really need to match the sizes before anything else. Based on those two original images posted, the head should be an ok size if you place it so it covers the bottom jaw of the t-rex. You can then perhaps use the Perspective tool to reshape the top of the head slightly. You might also consider taking a striped selection from the t-rex's back and placing/stretching it over the hair/face. Finally you might want to play with the Curves to get the brightness/contrast a little closer between both images.

Good Luck.