How to add a person to a photo?

[Darren]

I am a new user to photoshop and am using photoshop elements 11.

I have managed to make a selection and extract a person from one photo and add them to another background but they look like they are just stuck on as the colours/tones are so different between the two images. Is there an easy way to match the two together so they look correct colour and tone wise?

Thanks in advance.

 

[iDad]

easy? Probably not easy if you're just learning. but possible"maybe" depends on all sorts of things. lighting. angles resolution, just to name a few,. A visual would help us direct what to do.

 

[Darren]

easy? Probably not easy if you're just learning. but possible"maybe" depends on all sorts of things. lighting. angles resolution, just to name a few,. A visual would help us direct what to do.

Thanks for the reply,

I have no visual to show, I have just been practising extracting people and objects from random pictures and adding them to other pictures to get the hang of things.
I thought that there may be a tool that would aid in matching the colours/tones etc of one layer to another for this sort of situation.

 

[rufinatti]

I've never done what you describe, but I just watched this video and it looks like a great place to start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBU7GpCXoEs

 

[Darren]

Thanks for the youtube link, that is exactly what I was looking for!

The "match colour" command looks to be just what I need, not sure if it is available in photoshop elements, will have to take a look next time I have my computer turned on.

 

[MikeMc]

Set things up in different layers and masks, adjust as needed using hues, levels. By cutting, feathering and changing blending modes you should be able to get things close, then a opacity tweak, and you should match well IF the images are close.