Opinion on matching two different photos

[MArtin Chiselwitt]

Hi,
I am basically doing a job where I have to match heads of people in one
series of pics, taken with a Canon digital camera and then superimpose
them on pics of bodies, all originally taken from a 70s magazine.
It is all progressing well apart from the fact that I cannot seem to
match up the 'pattern' that appears on the 70s pics onto the modern
portrait shots. The pattern is like lots of dots or a moire effect, in
other words a texture rather like when you scan a cheap magazine pic
without de-screen.
I have tried the patch tool, but i am not getting a result that is good
enough so I was wondering if anyone knew of a quick way I can make the
two photos look texturally similar?
Many thanks in advance

MArtin C.

[Pjotr Wedersteers]

Have you got a link to an example of how it looks now ?
Have you tried Healing Brush and Clone stamp as well ?

[Mike Russell]

Find a relatively flat area that contains the "moire" , select it, and
define a pattern. Clean it up a bit with levels, and use the Offset filter
to make it self-wrapping. You may get a clearer pattern from an individual
channel, or from L channel of Lab or the K channel of CMYK.

Create a new layer over the un-patterned image, fill that layer with the
pattern, and experiment with the best layer blend mode to superimpose it -
probably lighten, darken, or screen. Experiment also with transparency, and
the layer blending sliders.
--

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net

[MArtin Chiselwitt]

Thankyou very much Mike... I am trying out ur advice right now.. Sounds
pretty much bang-on what i need though!
will let you know how I progress in a short while

m.c .

[MArtin Chiselwitt]

Yup, it's a winner!

Thanks Mike, I now have some excellent and almost flawless montages,

:)

mc