In terms of the map for the background, I’m going to just use a generic map of the state of Montana, sufficiently close up that you need to actually read city names to figure out what the location is in the image: Chevrolet makes it easy by having a photo of the vehicle against a pure white background: The first and perhaps most tricky part is to find an image where it’s easy to extract the object you want from the background. To start out, my project is going to be to superimpose a photo of the beautiful new 2019 Chevy Blazer in “Red Hot” on top of a map of Montana. It’s easy to download a copy for experimentation – and not expensive to license! – and the developer has been involved with the Mac since forever, so it’s 100% compatible and supports all the latest Mac features and capabilities.

On the MacOS X side, I remain a big fan of the shareware program GraphicConverter and use it quite a bit. With Photoshop and the many other photo editors on the market, however, whether you’re on a Mac, Windows system or even a Linux device, you’ve got a lot of options. Clumsy and the results certainly weren’t very good. Back in the old days you’d be cutting things out and literally gluing photos atop each other. The ability to create composite photographs is one of the most fun parts of modern digital photography.