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Image Inc is a cool little image editing freeware prog that gives you the ability to layer multiple photos over each other to create interesting and artistic composites.
Load up two images and a mask and play with the multiple layer settings, opacity and gradients until you come up with something interesting. Sure you can do this in the major editors, but this is a nice little quick and dirty tool if you’re interested in producing different photographic effects quickly and easily.
The purpose of this utility is to blend existing images in a very fast and easy way, using a layer mask for transparency. The process is simple … load the base picture followed by a top layer image, then add a mask and the program automatically merges everything together. Ideal for anyone who doesn’t want to use a major graphics application for this task.
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