You can take the subject of one photo and copy it onto the background of another photo using just when comes with your Mac, without ever taking the photo out of your Photos library.
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Comments: 12 Responses to “How To Combine Parts Of Images Using Mac Photos”
Sheldon
6 months ago
Thanks bunches
nick
6 months ago
Thanks Gary, always amazed on the hidden functionalities in a Mac which you show us. If you get chance, would love to see a tutorial on making a collage in the Photos app where the edges of the photos are softly blended into each other. I know I can do that in Pixelmator but was wondering if it's possible with the Photos app. Thanks.
Gary. That’s really useful. Thanks. I find that I need the more sophisticated image editors less and less these days now that I understand how much more native Mac apps do than I previously knew.
Melody
6 months ago
Thanks for sharing such cool Mac tricks!
Trixie Walker
6 months ago
Really interesting topic, the only problem I have is although using Sonoma 14.4.1 on a 2020, 27", iMac, the photos app is quite different for some reason and doesn't have the copy subject feature. Any ideas why not would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Trixie: It should be there. So when you view an image and Control+click inside it, you don't see the option at all?
Trixie Walker
6 months ago
Thanks Gary for speedy reply, greatly appreciated as said above.
I've tried again with a slightly larger image to copy and it worked.
Now "playing" with it in preview!
Kathleen Difato
6 months ago
Super useful. I stopped using the native photos app ages ago for Lightroom. But now I’m rethinking it as Photos seems to have improved a lot.
Pam Williams
6 months ago
Does this also work in Catalina? I do not show the options in Preview or Photos.
Thanks bunches
Thanks Gary, always amazed on the hidden functionalities in a Mac which you show us. If you get chance, would love to see a tutorial on making a collage in the Photos app where the edges of the photos are softly blended into each other. I know I can do that in Pixelmator but was wondering if it's possible with the Photos app. Thanks.
Great Post, Thanks for showing details.
Nick: For something like that, using Pixelmator is a good idea. You can also use Pages or Keynote for collages. See https://macmost.com/how-to-create-a-photo-collage-on-a-mac.html But there's really no way to blend edges in the Photos app.
Gary. That’s really useful. Thanks. I find that I need the more sophisticated image editors less and less these days now that I understand how much more native Mac apps do than I previously knew.
Thanks for sharing such cool Mac tricks!
Really interesting topic, the only problem I have is although using Sonoma 14.4.1 on a 2020, 27", iMac, the photos app is quite different for some reason and doesn't have the copy subject feature. Any ideas why not would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Trixie: It should be there. So when you view an image and Control+click inside it, you don't see the option at all?
Thanks Gary for speedy reply, greatly appreciated as said above.
I've tried again with a slightly larger image to copy and it worked.
Now "playing" with it in preview!
Super useful. I stopped using the native photos app ages ago for Lightroom. But now I’m rethinking it as Photos seems to have improved a lot.
Does this also work in Catalina? I do not show the options in Preview or Photos.
Pam: No. This is new in Sonoma.