Picture software

[Butternut]

Hello

 

Could someone point me in the direction of a bit of software?

 

I would like to take a photo of a location then superimpose a tree onto it – preferably one that has the right shape and dimensions of the sort of tree I would like to plant there.

 

It would be the sort of thing to show the homeowner so they get a better impression of the site.

 

I’m sure there must be lots of packages but I wonder how user friendly they are and how good the final picture is. I have seen pictures produced by Green Streets which were really good, photo like and species specific but apparently it’s very expensive to get a licence. I have also seen more artistic pictures done by landscape architects where they are blobby arty shapes.

 

Any experiences?

[Tom Dunlap]

I'll bet that Picasa would do that. It's free too! They've come out with a Mac version that is in beta know I understand.

 

Photoshop Elements is a great program too. I know that PE would do what you want.

[Rupe]

I use Paint shop pro. Its a simpler version of photoshop and more suitable for the amateur. You can paste photos over other photo but only as long as there is no background on the second picture. i.e.a white back ground need to be transparent and not actually white. Its cheap and might be available free from some p2p programs.

[Butternut]

Thank you for letting me know. I'm going to try them all out!

[rafregtgunner]

photoshop, then you can cut around your tree, paste it onto your photo of a garden. Then using the history brush you can rub round the edges which blends the pasted image into the background perfectly.

A silly example

[Butternut]

Sexy!