Tutorial 1: The perfect family
portrait
1. Load up the images as explained in the Introduction.
2. Select File-->Group Portait from the menus in the Composite
window.
3. Scroll through the stack of images and select the first one to
be used in the composite - in this example, we use image 2.
![scrolling through stack of images](scroll_through_stack.jpg)
3. Paint on people to be added to composite.
![first paint stroke](firstPaintStroke.jpg)
Since this is the first stroke we lay down, the composite now becomes
the whole number 2 image.
![result of first paint stroke](firstPaintStroke2.jpg)
4. Next we fix the boy who is not looking at the camera. We go to image
3 in the stack and paint over the little boy and his mother.
![second paint stroke](secondPaintStroke.jpg)
The resulting composite now includes the people on the left from image
2 and the small boy and his bother from image 3.
![comp of second paint stroke](secondPaintStroke2.jpg)
To view how the images are merged together, select View --> Labeling
and Strokes.
![view strokes and labeling](viewStokesLabeling.jpg)
This view shows the source regions in different colors and the
corresponding brush strokes in the color of the source image. In this
example, source image 2 is blue and source image 3 is yellow. To view
the strokes or labeling individually select View--> Overlay Strokes
or View --> Overlay Labeling.
![labeling after second stroke](secondPaintStroke3.jpg)
5. We continue by fixing the man in the back using image 4.
![third paint stroke](thirdPaintStroke.jpg)
We paint on his face and the composite now includes better improved
versions of the little boy and the man next to him.
![comp after third paint stroke](thirdPaintStroke2.jpg)
The composite is now made of three images.
![labeling after third paint stroke](thirdPaintStroke3.jpg)
6. We continue by picking better views of the people on the right from
source image 0.
![forth paint stroke](forthPaintStroke.jpg)
the resulting composite,
![composite after forth paint stroke](forthPaintStroke2.jpg)
and the sources used in it.
![labeling after forth paint stroke](forthPaintStroke3.jpg)
7. But now the man and woman in the back are not the ones we want. We
go back to image 3 and add them back in.
![fifth paint stroke](fifthPaintStroke.jpg)
the resulting composite,
![composite after fifth paint stroke](fifthPaintStroke2.jpg)
and the sources used to create it.
![labeling and strokes after fifth stroke](fifthPaintStroke3.jpg)
8. Finally we conclude with a better view of the grandfather, using
source image 1.
![sixth paint stroke](sixthPaintStroke.jpg)
The resulting composite,
![composite after sixth paint stroke](sixthPaintStroke2.jpg)
and the painted strokes and automatically computed regions.
![labeling and strokes after sixth paint stroke](sixthPaintStroke3.jpg)
We now have a family portrait that is better than any of the
originals.
9. To remove the most recent stroke and computed region, select Edit
--> Undo.